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To: thames_sider who wrote (90265)	10/16/2008 8:51:40 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 541957

It's taking some money away from the original possessors and distributing it elsewhere Maybe on your side of the pond. On my side, and in this context, the aircraft carrier is not an entity capable of receiving wealth. Only citizens qualify as givers and receivers of wealth. If a carrier is purchased with tax money on behalf of all the citizens, there is no redistribution from citizen to citizen. There is no redistribution of wealth but a communal acquisition of goods or services. To the extent that some citizen makes money on the deal, it is a market transaction and the money is compensation for goods and services provided.