XPost: alt.anarchism, alt.politics.socialism, alt.society.anarchy   
   XPost: soc.rights.human   
   From: Then-Destroy-Everything@Blackhole.NebulaX.com   
      
   On 4/14/2011 2:25 AM, Kulin Remailer wrote:   
   > On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:18:55 -0400, Beam Me Up Scotty   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 4/13/2011 1:13 AM, Anonymous wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:10:12 +0200, nihil@none.com wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> The idea has some merit. If you are sick you go to the physician. If   
   >>>> your car is broken you go to the mechanic. If you want to increase the   
   >>>> wealth of a population then transfer wealth to those with a proven   
   >>>> record of wealth creation.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's not about increasing the wealth of the population. It's about   
   >>> distributing wealth. The top few percent already own over 90% of the   
   >>> county's wealth and I can't see how giving them more is helpful to anyone   
   >>> but themselves.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> you take the short view.....    redistribution is going to destroy   
   >> wealth creation and the "real GDP" won't grow and our National wealth   
   >> won't grow.  If you notice, in a health capitalist economy, the rich get   
   >> richer and the poor all have toilet paper and big FLAT SCREEN TV's which   
   >> is more than they have in CUBA.   
   >   
   > The rich get richer and the poor get poorer is the correct view. You   
   > mention 'grow'. On a finite planet how far is 'grow' going to get us?   
      
      
      
   You are confused, the world of economics is NOT finite.....   
      
   If you can grasp that in Roman times an ounce of gold got you a nice   
   suit of clothes, in the 1800's an ounce of gold got you a nice suit of   
   clothes and today an ounce of gold gets you a nice suit of clothes.   
      
   The difference is that we all live better today whether we can afford an   
   ounce of gold for a suit or NOT....  the poor no longer die from a   
   little cut and they eat well and watch TV, things that were maybe   
   unimaginable in their time.   
      
   It's NOT as if poor people in America are living in MUD HUTS and cooking   
   with animal dung.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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