----- Original Message ----- From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 7:51 AM Subject: [PEN-L:33742] RE: Re: Bush Administration On The Poor: Pay More Taxes!
> As Michael Pollak knows, this is much the same as Thomas Hobbes' argument > (in LEVIATHAN). If I remember correctly, Hobbes was more in favor of > progressive taxation than John Locke was, which may fit with the latter's > belief that private property is "natural," possibly existing in a "state of > nature" without a state. BTW, it's very important to Ellen's question that > we argue against the notion that capitalism/markets/private property are > "natural." > Jim -========================= Somewhere in my pile of books/papers I have a piece that asserts that Locke's ideal was a 3 hour workday, with the exception of harvest time. I like the "...", Jim :-) Ian
