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   From: j_carlson@gmx.com   
      
   On 3/3/2021 7:02 AM, Kurt Nicklas wrote:   
   > On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 06:58:56 -0800, Runny CA Noza   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 3/3/2021 4:26 AM, David Hartung wrote:   
   >>> On 3/3/21 4:47 AM, Kurt Nicklas wrote:   
   >>>> On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 04:20:40 -0600, David Hartung   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 3/3/21 2:32 AM, Dutch wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2021-03-02 5:35 p.m., David Hartung wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> For the record, income inequality is a problem that has been growing   
   >>>>>>>> for decades, whether you're sure about it or not. And according to   
   >>>>>>>> you, anything government does is meddling unless it's the members of   
   >>>>>>>> government you approve of.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Why exactly is income inequality a problem?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Lots of reasons. First and foremost it is the root cause of a lot of   
   >>>>>> unnecessary suffering.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Exactly how does the fact that one group of people has a far higher   
   >>>>> income than another in itself, cause suffering?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Secondly it is unfair.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> In what way? Should not people earn what their labor is worth? Is not   
   >>>>> the skill set required to run a large corporation worth more than the   
   >>>>> skill set required to put out a fast food order?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> In an equitable society people who work hard should receive a decent   
   living   
   >>>>>> wage.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Should that not read that in an equitable society people should be paid   
   >>>>> what their work is worth? Is the work of an unskilled burger flipper   
   >>>>> worth the same as the work of those who run our most successful   
   businesses?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Thirdly, it is corrosive to the social order. People who work yet remain   
   >>>>>> impoverished   
   >>>>>> are not good employees, cannot consume and sustain the economy, and are   
   >>>>>> prone to lose hope and turn to dysfunctional behavior like crime or   
   >>>>>> drugs.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> You have the cause and effect wrong. Those who work, and are good   
   >>>>> employees, do not remain impoverished. Long term poverty in the USA is   
   >>>>> almost always the result of bad choices.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Ditch is a socialist.   
   >>   
   >> No, you didn't.  You don't know a thing about socialism.   
   >   
   >   Socialism is like a mousetrap   
      
    Stale and unoriginal.  That's typical for you.   
      
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