On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > from New York University law school professor Richard Epstein (also a > director at Global Economics Group, a corporate consulting firm that > advises on issues like financial regulation and employment law). When > asked on the U.S. Public Broadcasting System NewsHour if the top one > percent have too much control over the political system, Epstein > replied: > >> Of course they have a disproportionate impact, but that doesn't mean that >> they control it. They also ought to have it. The last thing you would want >> to do in any kind of sensible society is to have a set of rules in which one >> man/one vote dictates over every issue.< > > from Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR).
Terrific! I especially like that little strawman: the only alternative to the top 1% having all the power is a mindless populism where "one man/one vote dictates over every issue". -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
