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To: GraceZ who wrote (158082)	10/17/2008 12:50:30 PM
From: BWAC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

<<How about it is stealing what doesn't belong to you. You don't help the little guy become a big guy by making the laws protecting personal property weaker. This is what every single government that tried wealth or property redistribution learned the hard way.>> Redistribution of wealth is just the red herring word or concept. It illicits your exact response regardless of the level of wealth you have. Not my assets! Thats understandable. Tax policy for decades has been a form of redistribution. Its not something new. And its not fair. But it is what it is. If 10% of the population pays 80% of the taxes and 90% pays 20% of the taxes........................do you realistically think the 10% can economically afford to offload the 90%'s respective share of taxes and still expect to have a functioning government and economy in which to make their taxable income?