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To: i-node who wrote (745797)10/11/2013 12:18:10 AM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1570819
 
"I can see how Paine could be confused about this."

I can't. Please tell us why Paine was "confused", in the judgement of a pencil necked Arkansas regressive.



To: i-node who wrote (745797)10/11/2013 12:45:27 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1570819
 
Not stupid at all. As Adam Smith noted, wealth concentrations make for inefficient markets. They lose competitiveness and can not be free markets. The best way to break up such concentrations is an estate tax.