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To: combjelly who wrote (15652)4/20/2017 10:31:50 PM
From: Dracin72  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 365046
 
<So it isn't a new problem that we, as a species has never encountered before.>

True and I doubt anyone can show a method of income distribution that has worked.

In every attempted form of income redistribution the end result is the same. Their is still a wealthy class and a poor class. The only thing that ever changes in any of the attempted systems is who the haves and have nots are.



To: combjelly who wrote (15652)4/20/2017 10:35:07 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 365046
 
I like the French solution:



To: combjelly who wrote (15652)4/21/2017 7:23:26 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 365046
 
So it isn't a new problem that we, as a species has never encountered before. History has shown that it leads to instability.

Yes, I framed that statement poorly. The potential problem has long been recognized, at least among philosophers. But tackled? Not so much. And when we have examples of economic inequality having been successfully tackled, it was directed at wealth and inheritance, as in nobility and landed gentry, not income.


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