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To: TimF who wrote (429196)	10/22/2008 12:43:49 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570691

That makes what ok? Being wealthier is ok, it hardly is "let them eat cake" said to starving people. You said the poor are better off in this country vis a vis other countries. That suggests they have no room to complain....inspite of the fact the report I posted to you yesterday shows very clearly that the US is third out of 30 countries for poor income distribution; that more income is concentrated at the top than in 27 other countries. Only Mexico and Turkey are worse than us. The bottom 10% in the US are about equal to the bottom 10% in most other rich countries. If our top 10% are richer that's a good thing not a bad thing. Why is this a good thing....that the rich in this country are richer? If we where like the other countries we would have the bottom 10% at about the same level with the top 10% at a lower level. That would be better for no one. You are defending the indefensible.