On 9/17/2010 10:09 AM, dave wrote:
bpnjensen wrote:

Whoever has the gold makes the rules.

That is 100% opposed to what the USA was supposed to be about.
That's why excessive wealth needs to be taxed at 90%. No dynasties
allowed!



I don't understand you, Dave.

You say you're against power concentration -- but you're absolutely
in _love_ with the idea of taking virtually all of the money of the
wealthy dynasts and _combining_ it into one super-concentrated nexus
of power.


Puzzled,



Kevin.
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http://kevinalfredstrom.com/

On 9/17/2010 11:12 AM, Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:
On 9/17/2010 10:09 AM, dave wrote:
bpnjensen wrote:

Whoever has the gold makes the rules.

...

Kevin.

I don't know about that, but those with the gold are going to have to
pay the bills, fix the roads, maintain public services, power, water,
medical, parks, programs, etc., etc., etc.

We have simply reached the point where taxing the poor has the same
result of attempting to extract blood from the fabled turnip ... but
that doesn't mean they still won't keep trying ...

Regards,
JS

Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:
On 9/17/2010 10:09 AM, dave wrote:
bpnjensen wrote:

Whoever has the gold makes the rules.

That is 100% opposed to what the USA was supposed to be about.
That's why excessive wealth needs to be taxed at 90%. No dynasties
allowed!



I don't understand you, Dave.

You say you're against power concentration -- but you're absolutely in
_love_ with the idea of taking virtually all of the money of the wealthy
dynasts and _combining_ it into one super-concentrated nexus of power.


Puzzled,

At least until we get caught up on the deficit and the crumbling
infrastructure. Good old fashioned millionaires are OK. People who use
money to keep score should have their legs chopped at the shins.

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied
corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial
by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
Thomas Jefferson