seems we never agreed what the standard for "in the picture" would be.
On 10/22/08, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way, do we have a bet on Wright and the Obama administration > yet? I never saw an answer. > > Judah > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> No it doesn't and yes it does. How about that? :) >> >> The disparity of wealth aggregation between top tiers and bottom tiers >> is not constant in time nor is it an immutable feature of a particular >> economic system. >> >> And yes, it absolutely changes the "the fact" which is not a fact at >> all but rather a politically slanted supposition on your part that it >> is a hugely disproportionate share. I'd like to presume that you know >> enough of statistics that you would understand that there are many >> ways of looking at the same situation through the eyes of statistics >> and come up with different conclusions. >> >> A very large share of the total outlay of tax dollars? Yes, most >> certainly. A very large share compared to the share of the total >> wealth they have? Not at all. Quite the opposite in fact. >> >> That is, in fact, the heart of the notion of progressive taxation. And >> either you missed the memo on the notion behind it or you reject the >> notion. Either would be understandable I suppose. Dissembling as if >> the notion didn't exist though is rather silly. >> >> Judah >> >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> And unless someone is talking about going communist and nationalizing the >>> wealth of individuals, it will remain that way. That doesn't change the >>> fact >>> that the top 1% already pay a hugely disproportionate share of the tax >>> burden. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276098 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
