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To: combjelly who wrote (922817)	2/24/2016 3:29:52 PM
From: Taro	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1571281

People on the top "don't labor", sure depends on how you define "labor", since people on the top mainly work with their brains, which may not quite qualify as "labor" with you so called progressives. People on the top have soldiers to execute as per the various strategies defined by the "no labor" guys on the top. Nothing new here :) /Taro

To: combjelly who wrote (922817)	2/24/2016 5:20:50 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1571281

>> I suppose it depends on how you define "that much". It has increased, and increased a lot, since the end of WWII. Granted, there was one other time when the GINI was close to where it is now. That resulted in the Great Depression. That's a pretty absurd claim that it "resulted in" the Great Depression. I would point out that income inequality dating back to the 1700s was essentially the same as it is now in the US. Also, the UK GINI Coefficient has increased by a larger increment since, e.g., the 70s, than the US has during the postwar period. To be sure, I prefer a higher GINI Coef., but the claim that is is somehow a problem is just stupid.