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To: gg cox who wrote (36237)	4/27/2014 1:28:43 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By TimF Respond to of 42652

The inference one draws is that those who wanting to flatten the spectrum of wealth believe that somehow that will improve the lot of the ordinary working person. Yet, there is nothing economically speaking to suggest that is true and there is at least some evidence the contrary is true. This is a very convoluted view that has arisen from the concept of tax fairness, in which we believe taxing people on their ability to pay is fair. But it is taking it beyond reason to infer from tax policy that it will somehow improve people's lives to confiscate the wealth of the wealthy. The argument purports that the pie is a fixed size and taking pie from the wealthy somehow bestows it on the poor. Which raises the question of why liberals like Buffett and Gates and running full-tilt away from the estate tax even as they give lip service to the notion that wealth should be confiscated. As it turns out, only other peoples' wealth.