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To: SGJ who wrote (24108)	11/27/2013 2:12:02 PM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24758

How can it be that it is not news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure but it is news when the stock market loses two points"? Who says either are newsworthy? There is a gross inequity when one regards an appearance as good or bad. Honi soit qui mal y pense. He mentions trickle down economics There is no such thing as "trickle down economics", so to what is he referring? Criticism levied by a closet socialist like David Stockman? From wiki: "Of course, many people will characterize the line of argument I have just given as the 'trickle-down' theory. There is nothing trickle-down about it. There is only the fact that capital accumulation and economic progress depend on saving and innovation and that these in turn depend on the freedom to make high profits and accumulate great wealth. The only alternative to improvement for all, through economic progress, achieved in this way, is the futile attempt of some men to gain at the expense of others by means of looting and plundering. This, the loot-and-plunder theory, is the alternative advocated by the critics of the misnamed trickle-down theory." --- Economist George Reisman , income gap between rich and poor, Jesus said, "the poor will always be with you". By this he meant it is futile to seek to save man from himself. self-serving tax evasion, Tax evasion is a crime, not an ethical choice that may be disapproved. idolatry of money Hypocrite. First take the beam out of the eye of the catholic church and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. and deified market. In what market is he selling his book? He says he loves everyone, rich and poor but points out the rich must do their part to help. What must the poor do? It's a fascinating document from the Vatican. The Vatican has slowly degenerated into just another Al Queda enclave.