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Maxprop wrote:
Redistribution of wealth--a fundamental tenet of liberal philosophy.


A proper conservative gov't would not redistribute wealth?

Nope, the operative word being "proper."

How do you feel about President Bush's programs of wealth redistribution?

Another reason to dislike him.

But wait--you think I'm still supporting him.

Whatever.

Max

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Sorry, but we already do that.

Yes, we do, and it's still wrong.

Max

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Jonathan Ganz wrote:
In article , Bart Senior .@. wrote:
Gore/Chavez '08
Cheney/Robertson '08 - we're not going to live forever anyway.

Dick Cheney will never run...his health is on the brink...he'd
meltdown before the world did....
Right. I'm hoping for a Rumsfeld/Scooter Libby team in '08.

Max

Quayle/Forbes in 08. I'm going to vote for Goldwater, again.
That damned liberal??

Max

The damned libertarian.
At least he wasn't a libertine...

Or Liberace.

Max

Do you think we should stop doing it? Careful, it's a trick question. :-)

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Sorry, but we already do that.

Yes, we do, and it's still wrong.

Max

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Do you think we should stop doing it? Careful, it's a trick question. :-)

Okay, I'll bite. Explain, please.

Max

heh... ok... well, if we take away all redistribution of wealth, for
example, we would basically eliminate the super-highways in the US. We would
eliminate the military, as well. If we take more money from someone who is
more well-off than someone who is less well-off either by percentage or in a
flat-tax fashion, we're basically redistributing the cost of these vital
services. Now, I think it's worth talking about if this is viable. I don't
think it is as a step toward a more fair system of taxation.

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Do you think we should stop doing it? Careful, it's a trick question. :-)

Okay, I'll bite. Explain, please.

Max

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Jonathan Ganz wrote:
In article , Bart Senior .@. wrote:
Gore/Chavez '08
Cheney/Robertson '08 - we're not going to live forever anyway.

Dick Cheney will never run...his health is on the brink...he'd
meltdown before the world did....
Right. I'm hoping for a Rumsfeld/Scooter Libby team in '08.

Max

Quayle/Forbes in 08. I'm going to vote for Goldwater, again.
That damned liberal??

Max

The damned libertarian.
At least he wasn't a libertine...

Or Liberace.

Max

Goldwater = Mr. Conservative

Liberace = Mr. Showmanship

Both are outstanding men.

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Jonathan Ganz wrote:
In article , Bart Senior .@. wrote:
Gore/Chavez '08
Cheney/Robertson '08 - we're not going to live forever anyway.

Dick Cheney will never run...his health is on the brink...he'd
meltdown before the world did....
Right. I'm hoping for a Rumsfeld/Scooter Libby team in '08.

Max

Quayle/Forbes in 08. I'm going to vote for Goldwater, again.
That damned liberal??

Max

The damned libertarian.
At least he wasn't a libertine...
Or Liberace.

Max

Goldwater = Mr. Conservative

Liberace = Mr. Showmanship

Both are outstanding men.


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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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heh... ok... well, if we take away all redistribution of wealth, for
example, we would basically eliminate the super-highways in the US. We
would eliminate the military, as well.

I don't consider infrastructure and military expenses to be "redistribution
of wealth." In fact, I've never heard it referred to in that manner.

If we take more money from someone who is more well-off than someone who is
less well-off either by percentage

The odds are that the well-off person is more likely to use infrastructure
to a greater degree than those who aren't so well-off.

or in a flat-tax fashion, we're basically redistributing the cost of these
vital services. Now, I think it's worth talking about if this is viable. I
don't think it is as a step toward a more fair system of taxation.

Redistribution of wealth, as I was referring to it, is welfare, social
security, and the other entitlements programs such as WIC, Medicaid, etc.
Of course you are right in that taxation is the means for such
redistribution.

Max

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Jonathan Ganz wrote:
In article , Bart Senior .@. wrote:
Gore/Chavez '08
Cheney/Robertson '08 - we're not going to live forever anyway.

Dick Cheney will never run...his health is on the brink...he'd
meltdown before the world did....
Right. I'm hoping for a Rumsfeld/Scooter Libby team in '08.

Max

Quayle/Forbes in 08. I'm going to vote for Goldwater, again.
That damned liberal??

Max

The damned libertarian.
At least he wasn't a libertine...

Or Liberace.

Max

Goldwater = Mr. Conservative

Liberace = Mr. Showmanship

Both are outstanding men.

A recent book refers to Goldwater as becoming quite liberal in his later,
post-government years. And Liberace became ill and reclusive. Nothing is
ever as it seems, Gilly.

Max