On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > like i said, unless we are going communist and nationalizing people's > wealth, a la Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro.
Which doesn't at all address my point, curiously enough. How does that have anything to do with comparing tax burden in the US based on percentage of GDP versus percentage of taxes paid? > The irony with Cuba and Venezuela is that, while almost everyone is > dirt poor, the jefes are billionaires. Right, which is terribly different than the robber barons of the good old days of American Industrial Capitalism. I get that those levels of economic inequality are bad and I happen to agree. You seem to be under the delusion that they are solely a feature of a certain brand of theoretical economic system. In that, you are poorly mistaken. Judah > 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:276101 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
