like i said, unless we are going communist and nationalizing people's wealth, a la Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro.
The irony with Cuba and Venezuela is that, while almost everyone is dirt poor, the jefes are billionaires. On 10/22/08, 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:276099 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
