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To: i-node who wrote (574013)	6/27/2010 6:04:02 PM
From: longnshort	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573214

oh come on you know the pie is only so big and never gets bigger, the pie is the same size as it was in 10,000 BC

To: i-node who wrote (574013)	6/27/2010 8:16:08 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573214

Inode, > More importantly, however, is the liberal lie that "no one else gains". Well said, though liberals will probably reject what you said outright because you said ... > When Walmart makes money, EVERYONE prospers. Walmart's rise to prominence sure wasn't pretty. Not everyone prospered at a result. Just ask the mom-n-pop shops that were forced out of business. The cold reality of a free market capitalism, though, is that not everyone should prosper equally. And I don't care how many bleeding heart liberals wring their hands over that reality. Life is competition. The finite pie theory, however, is pretty silly. If anything is reducing the pie (or at least keeping it from growing), it is stupid social policies that reward incompetence and punish excellence. And for what? Spreading the wealth? Please ... Tenchusatsu