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To: TimF who wrote (319986)	1/11/2007 3:04:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575763

Let me see........there is X amount of dollars to increase wages. There isn't X amount of dollars. The economy grows. Most of the very wealthy don't get that way from wages, but from investment, that investment creates new wealth. High salaried people also create wealth. Once again, there is X amount of dollars to increase wages. That X factor may change from year to year but that isn't important. What's important is that if the rich are taking 80% for themselves in the form of profits, bonuses or salaries, that leaves only 20% for the poor. In that way, the rich get richer at the expense of the poor. Its not that complicated, Tim.....think it through. If the economy changes so that people with highly desirable skills produce more new wealth then they will tend to get a somewhat larger share of the now larger "pie", but making the pie bigger isn't "at the expense of" anyone else. We're not talking somewhat larger......we're talking significantly larger. So large that the growth of the salaries of others is impeded.......esp. the poor. Tim, you just don't want to be fair or reasonable, and to share. And that will destroy this democracy long before anything else will. Seizing more and more of people's wealth isn't fair or reasonable, and its taking not sharing. Desires for such control and forced redistribution are far more dangerous than any imagined lack of willingness to share on my part. There is a certain benefit to living in the US. In many countries, these people would not be able to make nearly as much money as they are making here. They are blessed living in the US and should be more than happy to give some of it back in taxes.