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To: epicure who wrote (212848)	12/28/2012 11:55:32 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541498

I have little doubt that Krugman's right on this point. Given the advantages the wealthy now have, including very strong political clout, those changes will make present patterns of inequality much worse.

To: epicure who wrote (212848)	12/28/2012 12:03:51 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541498

You could start by putting a payroll tax on the inhuman workers. Maybe use it to fund "Starving Artists For the Starving Masses" and to start another pro football league. Bread and circuses never go out of fashion. en.wikipedia.org One of my Peak Oil friends suggests a society with small communal groups. You work outside the community until 35 or 40, to provide financial support, then spend the rest of the life being part of the infrastructure, growing food, maybe being health providers, etc. I honestly don't know the solution,but we have too many people doing things we don't need, like selling stock and home mortgages and health insurance (single payer), and nobody doing the things we used to need, like repairing shoes.