bpnjensen wrote:
But, when a person has
amassed, say, $10,000,000 and continues to suck up the wealth, it's
pretty hard to find an excuse for that when it could be helping
desperate but hard-working people have the basic needs of life. Not
luxury - just basic needs.
[...]


But it is _exactly_ that kind of "redistribution" that causes the
proliferation and out-of-control reproduction of the problem-makers.
Absent such support, they'd have far less ability to increase their
biomass. If such aid were linked to a foolproof means of ensuring
that their gene-patterns would not reproduce, it would be a
different story.

And re millionaires:

It's the $10- or $20-million guys who have the best potential of
mounting a serious challenge to the billionaire oligarchs. That's
why those oligarchs _love_ "soak the rich" tax policies and promote
them in their media. It keeps their potential competition down.

Putin had a better way of dealing with oligarchs. Jail them for
their financial crimes and seize their ill-gotten fortunes, while
leaving the productive and inventive wealthy alone to benefit the
Nation.


With all good wishes,



Kevin Alfred Strom.
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http://kevinalfredstrom.com/