--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > shempmcgurk wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > >> Where Shemp "dreams" to live. > >> > >> "America's super-rich have returned to the days of the Roaring > >> > > Twenties. > > > >> As the rest of the country struggles to get by, > >> > > "struggles to get by"? Sure, if you've overextended yourself. > > Otherwise, there has never been a time in human history in which > > those in the lowest rungs of society have it so well off. > > > Nonsense. The cost of living has risen tremendously but you apparently > didn't notice. Just the cost of gas rising has increased the cost of > many things including food. Yup, I don't have much sympathy for many of > the fools who bought big SUVs and pickups because they were "discounted" > and didn't think about the cost of gas.
...sounds like you started the above paragraph disagreeing with me and ended it agreeing with me... > >> a huge bubble of > >> multi-millionaires lives almost in a parallel world. The rich now > >> > > live > > > >> in their own world of private education, > >> > > > > ...which the less well off could have, too, if we had a school > > voucher program... > > > More nonsense. Quality public education even for college should be > free. We could easily have that and money left over if we didn't waste > money on that stupid war in Iraq which is only done to profit Bush's > buddies. Do you think we had quality public education before the war in Iraq...after all, we were spending 100s of billions of dollars on public education... > >> private health care > >> > > > > Huh? > > > > The vast majority of Americans have "private health care". Only > > those without health insurance -- approximately 45 million -- are on > > public health care programs. > > > And what programs are these. There are over 40 million with no health > care whatsoever. Wake up. I'm just not going to continue debating with you if you continue to make such silly assertions. Over 40 million Americans don't have health care INSURANCE. Zero Americans don't have health care. > >> and gated > >> mansions. They have their own schools > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh, this is getting silly. > > > > And, of course, it's from The Guardian, so what do you expect? > > > The book was written by a columnist from the Wall Street Journal. > > > > We need MORE rich people in America and the rest of the world so that > > they bring up the masses with them to higher levels of affluence and > > economic security. > > > Yes, more rich and fewer or no super-rich. Just use a progressive > income tax to reduce the number of super-rich. That worked well up > until 1982 when Reagan screwed up things. Even Gates and Buffet are in > favor of this. I am aware of Gates and Buffet being in favor of the Estate Tax. I am not aware of them being for increasing our already-existing progressive income tax system. Citation? > > <snip> >
