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No, Harv3, and a crude distraction. She was quite clear that those who have benefited most from the economic structure should contribute the most to it, which is not what is currently happening. Those who have gotten the most from the system are providing proportionately less. The corollary would be: To each according to his contribution, from each according to his benefit. Trying to distract and name-call is not addressing the substance.
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Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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No, Harv3, and a crude distraction. She was quite clear that those who have benefited most from the economic structure should contribute the most to it, which is not what is currently happening. Those who have gotten the most from the system are providing proportionately less. The corollary would be: To each according to his contribution, from each according to his benefit. Trying to distract and name-call is not addressing the substance. 
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No, Harv3, and a crude distraction. She was quite clear that those who have benefited most from the economic structure should contribute the most to it, which is not what is currently happening. Those who have gotten the most from the system are providing proportionately less. The corollary would be: To each according to his contribution, from each according to his benefit. Trying to distract and name-call is not addressing the substance. Thanks, NWP. That is exactly the point I was trying to make. So you're saying something like:"From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need."  Yep Harv, it's not original but nope that school of thought goes further back than that and might be where he (Karl Marx) got it....Acts 4:34 and 35 in the New Testament.
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Yep Harv, it's not original but nope that school of thought goes further back than that and might be where he (Karl Marx) got it....Acts 4:34 and 35 in the New Testament. indeed thats not the only similarity ![[Linked Image from marxists.org]](http://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/m/pics/marx.jpg) ![[Linked Image from scienceblogs.com]](http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/God.jpg) coincidence? I think not.
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Proportionality .
I observe that very many leaders of corporatations feel that their compensation package should be proportional to the value they have created in the company.
When it comes to taxes, these same people would feel that their tax burden should not be similarly proportional to the amount of benefit (income) these individauls have derived from the economic system.
It seems the concept of "fairness" changes depending on whether it will be used to calculate income or expense.
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Yep Harv, it's not original but nope that school of thought goes further back than that and might be where he (Karl Marx) got it....Acts 4:34 and 35 in the New Testament.
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To the contrary, those with high incomes contribute disproportionately to income tax revenues. Isn't that where the thread began, Harv? The WSJ skewed some data to show this to be the case. I skewed the same data to show that people with low incomes contribute disproportionately to income tax revenues. I have my opinion, the WSJ has theirs. Obviously you agree with theirs. But it is still an opinion based on data.
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Yep Harv, it's not original but nope that school of thought goes further back than that and might be where he (Karl Marx) got it....Acts 4:34 and 35 in the New Testament. Harv, I don't "profess" to ANY part of the Bible as a rule but I do acknowledge and admire certain parts of wisdom from it(in my opinion of course) as I see them. I'll check out your reference tomorrow. I'm sure it is revealing.
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