"Don Y" wrote in message

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No sense arguing these sorts of points.

At least not with people who trot out the insults as soon as they encounter
differences of opinion. (FTR, not you!) Or with people who live in their own
world of "facts" unverifiable anywhere in the known universe except in the
echo chambers of their "besties." I always have enjoyed even controversial
discussions as long as there's no ear-biting or below the belt punches.
Especially with people like you who aren't partisan but logical.

When I hear some say the ultra rich should be taxed at the same rate as
everyone else, it *seems* fair. That is until you consider they already pay
less on average than the common man because the tax code is rife with tax
exemptions they've bought with huge campaign contributions. They have
access to tax-shelters and take advantage of loopholes that poor working
stiffs can only dream of. Some of the richest people in America, the
Waltons, have made fools of America by forcing their health insurance costs
on the taxpayer. That's got to stop.

Besides, we know what happens when too much wealth is concentrated in too
few hands while the hoi polloi are starving. I guess the lessons of the age
of the robber barons, the factory store and the 1929 crash (that nearly
drove America to REAL socialism) have been largely forgotten and will have
to be learned again. I don't need to earn my wealth on the broken backs of
the people stuck in dead-end jobs with little hope of advancement.

Now onto _Dementia 13_ which I haven't seen since my film classes a long
time ago.

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Bobby G.