On Monday, April 15, 2013 5:56:31 AM UTC-4, Alberto G.Corona wrote: > > This is thread is completely off-topic, but anyway: > > The evolutionary roots of envy and social justice: > > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/93890864/Punitive-sentiment-against-successful-individuals-as-a-psychological-device-for-anti-hidden-free-riders-in-ancestral-hunter-gatherers >
What is "successful" about an heir to a dynastic fortune or the beneficiary of some arbitrary condition of exploitation? Craig > > 2013/4/14 Craig Weinberg <whats...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > >> >> >> On Sunday, April 14, 2013 7:56:35 AM UTC-4, Roger Clough wrote: >>> >>> One of the great mysteries of liberalism >>> is the contradiction in its political stance >>> concerning rich corporations. >>> >>> On the one hand, it rejects the attempts of conservatives >>> to lower corporate taxes. >>> >> >> Liberals see that wealth inequality is a critically important issue in >> the US. >> >> “For every one dollar of assets owned by a single black or Hispanic >> woman<http://www.insightcced.org/uploads/CRWG/LiftingAsWeClimb-WomenWealth-Report-InsightCenter-Spring2010.pdf>, >> >> a member of the Forbes 400 has over forty million >> dollars<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/richest-people-america-forbes-400_n_1896828.html> >> .” >> >> America Split in Two: Five Ugly Extremes of >> Inequality<http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17878-america-split-in-two-five-ugly-extremes-of-inequality> >> >> http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17878-america-split-in-two-five-ugly-extremes-of-inequality >> >> >>> But on the other hand, it >>> will bail out rich corporations such as General Motors >>> to prevent their failure. >>> >> >> Whoever is in power is going to support big bailouts, as the >> conservatives proved in 2004 when they supported TARP. >> >> "Nearly half of Americans incorrectly think President Obama started the >> the bank bailout program, otherwise known as the Troubled Asset Relief >> Program (TARP), a new poll shows. >> >> Just 34 percent of Americans surveyed by the Pew Research Center >> correctly said that TARP was enacted by the Bush administration. Almost >> half -- 47 percent -- think Mr. Obama started the bank bailout, according >> to the survey, conducted July 1-5. There was no partisan divide on the >> issue." - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20013452-503544.html >> >> Craig >> >> >>> How's that again ? >>> >> >> >>> >>> >>> Dr. Roger Clough NIST (ret.) 4/14/2013 >>> >>> http://team.academia.edu/**RogerClough<http://team.academia.edu/RogerClough> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to everything-li...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to everyth...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Alberto. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
