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To: Lane3 who wrote (322644)	1/24/2007 7:47:44 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574229

re: If you corrupt/water down the current term of art, you'd need to come up with another term of art, as you suggest. Much simpler to just respect the term-of-art in the first place. If you go back to my original comment you would find my usage correct... all this crap followed for no good reason except that Tim likes to nit pick stuff to death.

To: Lane3 who wrote (322644)	1/24/2007 11:10:46 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574229

Any change in tax policy is a "redistribution" in the common English sense of the word in that the change from the status quo "redistributes" some previous redistribution or some previous redistribution. Leaving aside the term of art, re-distribution would mean something like distribute again. Taxes would be distribution/re-distribution to the government, but changing the amount that tax payer A and tax payer B pay wouldn't be distributing money between them. It isn't dividing or dispensing government money to them. re·dis·tri·bu·tion Pronunciation (rds-tr-byshn) n. 1. The act or process of redistributing. 2. An economic theory or policy that advocates reducing inequalities in the distribution of wealth. thefreedictionary.com Definition 2 - Is the term of art you mention. Definition one is just using a different from of the word as a definition. Going to that word re·dis·trib·ute Pronunciation (rd-strbyt) tr.v. re·dis·trib·ut·ed, re·dis·trib·ut·ing, re·dis·trib·utes To distribute again in a different way; reallocate. thefreedictionary.com Distribute dis·trib·ute Pronunciation (d-strbyt) v. dis·trib·ut·ed, dis·trib·ut·ing, dis·trib·utes v.tr. 1. To divide and dispense in portions. thefreedictionary.com