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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (457395)	2/18/2009 1:30:34 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574452

In any case, the whole "class warfare" mentality isn't created because the rich exist. The rich have always existed throughout human history. Jealousy has always been an easily exploitable human vice. Its real hard for some of us to reconcile that some Americans go to bed hungry at nite and live in cars while others have a million dollars to spend on their office. Does the incongruity of those two scenarios register with you at all?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (457395)	2/19/2009 12:30:20 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574452

>Z, how would you reconcile this statement then? >>As for the rest of us, it's actually a good thing if the top falls a bit and the arms race eases. What's to reconcile? >It would indeed be a good thing, but by forcing it via government mandate? I don't mind trying to limit the pay of execs on the government dole, but bo you realize how such schemes have a tendency to backfire? Anything can backfire. >In any case, the whole "class warfare" mentality isn't created because the rich exist. The rich have always existed throughout human history. Yeah, but sometimes they get a much bigger piece of the pie. And yes, at least in the short term, the pie is finite. -Z