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To: tejek who wrote (323208)	1/29/2007 4:34:48 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577465

What an absolute ridiculous reason to defend the rich. Here you are at best middle class and you are defending the very rich who have the most resources to defend themselves. In fact, you demean yourself. Arguing against unjust actions take against others doesn't demean yourself. That doesn't change when the others are wealthier than you are. And again I'm really defending freedom and sound economics more than I am defending the rich despite your false assertions to the contrary. Sure it does. Your not seeing doesn't make it less real. The idea that "resources could be used more efficiently" implies that "3 out of 4 teachers are incompetent" or the other ideas you falsely claim I assert or imply, is not just false, its ridiculous. Its not even a gross exaggeration of what I said, it essentially has no connection to what I said.

To: tejek who wrote (323208)	1/30/2007 6:19:22 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577465

What makes a person liberal or conservative? In today's Wall Street Journal, Arthur Brooks (subscription required) explains how conservatives and liberals differ. An excerpt: While just about everybody -- left and right -- agrees that poverty is unacceptable (although policy makers disagree as to whether a minimum wage hike would help or hurt the working poor), conservatives do not share liberals' concern about income inequality. According to the 2005 Maxwell Poll on Civic Engagement and Inequality, self-described liberals are more than twice as likely as conservatives to say income inequality in America is a "serious problem." And while 84% of liberals think the government should do more to reduce inequality, only 25% of conservatives agree. This is empirical substantiation for the old cliché that conservatives just don't care about the poor, right? Wrong. In fact, the data do not tell us that conservatives are uncaring; they actually tell us that conservatives are optimists. Conservatives are relatively untroubled by inequality, and unsupportive of government income redistribution, because they believe the American economy provides private opportunities to succeed. Liberals are far more pessimistic than conservatives about the possibility of a better future for Americans of modest means. Consider the evidence. While 92% of conservatives believe that hard work and perseverance can help a person overcome disadvantage, only 65% of liberals think so. This difference of opinion, contrary to the convention, is not because conservatives earn more money. In fact, lower-income conservatives are about twice as likely as upper-income liberals to say they think there's "a lot" of upward mobility in America. If a liberal and a conservative are exactly identical in income, education, sex, family situation, and race, the conservative will be 20 percentage points more likely than the liberal to say that hard work leads to success among the disadvantaged... online.wsj.com gregmankiw.blogspot.com Message 23215827