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How predictable...

SDAI-Tech1 — 6/28/2006 12:34:40 AM (archived)

...RICH GUY gives his money away to others to spend = Good guy
RICH GUY keeps his money and spends it himself = Bad guy

The Robin Hood Neurosis in all its glory!

There is no nobility in wholesale largesse if it follows a life of wholesale exploitation.

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Buffet's $$$$ and Gates Foundations MOTIVES? - carl - 6/27/2006 5:34:27 PM
- I don't get it... - Scott Evil - 6/28/2006 5:32:50 PM
  - For a FAIR WAGE and $$$$$$ - carl - 6/28/2006 5:51:18 PM
    - re: For a FAIR WAGE and $$$$$$ - Scott Evil - 6/28/2006 8:16:38 PM
      - Are people from Dufar called Dufuses? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/28/2006 10:24:03 PM
- Who cares about motives? It's their money. - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2006 4:13:12 AM
  - Should anyone be taxed, ever, then? - alcaray - 6/28/2006 9:49:43 PM
    - re: Should anyone be taxed, ever, then? - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2006 12:45:05 AM
      - How much is maintaining diplomatic relations with other nations worth in dollars? - alcaray - 6/29/2006 7:32:35 PM
        
        You're missing the point. - Tom Brosz - 6/30/2006 5:21:52 PM
        
        That would have been the point if we had been talking about tax progressivity. - alcaray - 6/30/2006 6:10:51 PM
        
        "Liberals believe that the income should come from the citizens who benefit from the services provided." - Tom Brosz - 6/30/2006 7:54:19 PM
        
        Sounds like you are advocating the H.L. Hunt progam of proportional voting....... - Publius - 6/30/2006 10:33:42 PM
        
        had I used the word "proportional" somewhere in that sentence... - alcaray - 6/30/2006 8:22:27 PM
        
        Do you ever get weirded-out.... - Robert - 6/30/2006 9:15:15 PM
        
        Let's not get too high on the horse. - Tom Brosz - 6/30/2006 11:23:32 PM
  - the estate tax - Robert - 6/28/2006 6:06:41 PM
    - re: Agreed - Scott Evil - 6/28/2006 8:22:53 PM
      - re: Agreed - Robert - 6/28/2006 8:44:42 PM
    - Who are the rest of us to argue? - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2006 6:45:07 PM
      - re: Who are the rest of us to argue? - Robert - 6/28/2006 8:28:33 PM
        
        You might want to get your research money refunded. - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2006 12:29:27 AM
        
        But seriously... - Robert - 6/29/2006 2:29:00 AM
        
        Am I gonna have to get Disraeli on ya? - Robert - 6/29/2006 1:14:01 AM
        
        Charity - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2006 7:36:24 AM
        
        Religious contributions - Robert - 6/29/2006 7:45:26 PM
        
        You really have no clue what you're talking about. - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2006 11:01:33 PM
        
        The Tooth Fairy, The Easter Bunny, and Compassionate Conservatives - Robert - 6/30/2006 3:04:14 AM
        
        Another load of bull exhaust. - Tom Brosz - 6/30/2006 5:07:51 PM
        
        Another load of exhausting bull. - Robert - 6/30/2006 9:06:54 PM
        
        I think I made my point. - Tom Brosz - 6/30/2006 11:45:10 PM
        
        I hesitated to enter this fray... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/1/2006 5:07:06 AM
        
        There you go again - Robert - 6/30/2006 12:20:59 AM
        
        You are saying that everything I put in a basket at church goes to charity? - alcaray - 6/29/2006 11:30:02 PM
  - Ahhhhh, do the RICH pay TAXES???? - carl - 6/28/2006 5:56:23 PM
    - Why yes, now that you mention it. - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2006 6:33:44 PM
      - There was a time when it was enough... - Robert - 6/28/2006 9:06:39 PM
        
        You can dance around it as much as you like. - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2006 12:41:42 AM
        
        Not a good day for statistics - Robert - 6/29/2006 1:41:04 AM
        
        re: Not a good day - Tom Brosz - 6/29/2006 7:39:24 AM
        
        paying no income tax - Robert - 6/29/2006 8:06:49 PM
- I only wish... - FrankC - 6/28/2006 2:09:27 AM
  - Try Paul Allen..... (n/t) - tony - 6/28/2006 2:35:38 AM
- Basic facts - Robert - 6/27/2006 9:16:38 PM
  - How predictable... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/28/2006 12:34:40 AM
    - re: "a life of wholesale exploitation"??? - alcaray - 6/28/2006 1:21:17 AM
    - How incomprehensible - Robert - 6/28/2006 12:49:24 AM
      - Giving can be selfish... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/28/2006 1:31:25 AM
        
        re: Giving can be selfish... - Robert - 6/28/2006 9:15:25 PM
        
        See you still haven't pegged capitalists. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/28/2006 10:16:13 PM
- Try some research first - Tony - 6/27/2006 6:50:12 PM
  - Personal benefit - Fox - 6/28/2006 12:22:41 AM
  - SO Johnny can't read, BIG Deal - carl - 6/27/2006 8:11:56 PM
    - If enough Johnnies can't read, the West goes down the toilet (n/t) - Laurie Street - 6/28/2006 6:17:26 AM
      - All Speak Different Languages - carl - 6/28/2006 2:54:27 PM
    - Johnny *equals* Carl? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/27/2006 9:39:08 PM
- People start getting nice when the Abyss approaches - LJK - 6/27/2006 6:23:47 PM

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