DIYbanter - "Why do you have a right to your money?"

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:12:51 -0800, Hawke
wrote:

On 2/13/2012 8:17 AM, George Plimpton wrote:
On 2/13/2012 12:11 AM, Larry wrote:
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says...

Too much money already is taken from hard-working entrepreneurs and
managers.

That's true, but many of the wealthiest are simply leeches on society who
produce nothing.

They're not leeches on society in any way. The may not apply their labor
effort to anything to generate new value, but that doesn't equate to
being a leech. If they lawfully and ethically own assets that provide
them with a financial return and they live off that, they are not leeches.

A good way of equalizing things would be a graduated capital
gains tax, that stepped up just like income tax does, with 15% being the
bottom bracket and 38% being the top bracket.

I see no valid reason to want to "equalize" anything.

That's because you have a bizarre view of what "fairness" is. To you the
way wealth is divided in Mexico is "fair". Most Mexicans are dirt poor
but there is a small segment of that society that owns most of the
nation's wealth. You would say that small group "earned" that wealth
fairly so the fact of such wide economic inequality doesn't matter and
so the system there is a fair one.

Now, most folks look at Mexico and are appalled at how much wealth the
country has but so few have ANY of it. Most see the disparity of wealth
in that country as being grossly unfair. You don't. So you see, your
view is the weird one. What you consider fair most people would laugh at
because of the obvious injustice of it. That's because you have no
sympathy for the people on the bottom. You have more compassion for
those with plenty. That's why your views are weird and why most people
don't agree with you.

Hawke

You seem to have a bizarre view of distribution of wealth. A bit to
the left of Karl Marx who felt that each should contribute to the
economy according to his ability while drawing from the economy only
what he needed.

You on the other hand appear to believe that everyone should be handed
the same paycheck; whether they contribute to the economy or not.

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Cheers,

John B.