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To: Sam Citron who wrote (3339)11/9/1997 7:37:00 PM
From: Cary Salsberg  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 10921
 
Sam,

RE: "...but whether the net gain to society is such that the winners can afford to compensate losers so that we are all made better off."

I don't doubt that "winners can afford to compensate losers", but in what dream world of yours DO winners ACTUALLY compensate losers?

Cary



To: Sam Citron who wrote (3339)11/12/1997 1:30:00 PM
From: HB  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 10921
 
Sam, there's also the issue of whether or not the winners actually
DO compensate the losers, so that we are all made better off.
Sometimes (-g-) they don't.