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To: tejek who wrote (3295)	3/8/2009 3:01:12 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3816

“There is something wrong when we allow the playing field to be tilted so far in the favor of so few,” There might be, the extent its tilted in favor of the few is increased the bigger government gets and the more it interferes. The more government interferes, the more incentive and ability special interests have to manipulate the government to tilt the playing field to their own advantage. In general terms the playing field is tilted away from the wealthy, not towards them. They pay higher tax rates, many benefits and many tax breaks are removed for those with higher incomes. But specific individuals or groups, many of which happen to be wealthy (at least after they manipulate the government, and often before) do tilt the playing field to their own narrow advantage. The proper response to that is to not have government interfere so much, which will generally level the playing field.