02-08-2008, 03:32 AM
The percentage is irrelevant. So let's forget details. The entire argument that the rich is somehow being fleeced or taken advantage of by the govt is absurd. They run the govt and if they happen to foot most of the bill for it's general operations...then good and so bleepin what?
The governement is an impotent irrelevance as far as the 'rest" goes. It was bought and sold and controlled centuries ago and it's electric & gas bills don't concern me nor interest me (nor does any of this really but to keep things intersting i continue...).
The point is as i stated: The fleecing of the rich" argument serves no purpose...or rather...it serves no purpose that does anybody other than the "rich" any good. It's smoke, it's propaganda and it's sole purpose is to distract the "rest" from seeing the real fleecing.
You know all this already of course and you also know that as biased and skewed wiki is or might be, I'm sure the facts that Mr. Cowen is a product of harvard (Hitler U), writes for the NY Times periodically (a rag), and writes books about how "globalization" changed the lives of two painters in Bolivia (or whereever) & has overall had a "positive impact in changing cultures for the better" is still accurate. Not only are these things accurate I'll bet, these things also & definitely serve to completely render anything that he says or writes or posts on his site as complete & utter BUNG.
The governement is an impotent irrelevance as far as the 'rest" goes. It was bought and sold and controlled centuries ago and it's electric & gas bills don't concern me nor interest me (nor does any of this really but to keep things intersting i continue...).
The point is as i stated: The fleecing of the rich" argument serves no purpose...or rather...it serves no purpose that does anybody other than the "rich" any good. It's smoke, it's propaganda and it's sole purpose is to distract the "rest" from seeing the real fleecing.
You know all this already of course and you also know that as biased and skewed wiki is or might be, I'm sure the facts that Mr. Cowen is a product of harvard (Hitler U), writes for the NY Times periodically (a rag), and writes books about how "globalization" changed the lives of two painters in Bolivia (or whereever) & has overall had a "positive impact in changing cultures for the better" is still accurate. Not only are these things accurate I'll bet, these things also & definitely serve to completely render anything that he says or writes or posts on his site as complete & utter BUNG.
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