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Re: Mag's whip; was RE: Am I the only one online?
From:
ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
Date:
Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:02:05 -0700
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actually i see it different. for one person to get a
piece of pie does not exclude another necessarily.
what you do is make a bigger pie so more people can
have their piece. you do that by cutting taxes and
growing the ecconomy. let's see, someone proposed to
do that. gee the name eludes me.

--- Scott Sands <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>
> <P>Not all of us have the best lifestyle in the
> world, and a great many of those who do not don't
> miss out because they did not try.&nbsp; They took
> the risks and we didn't?&nbsp; Sometimes.&nbsp;
> Sometimes they had the opportunity, and we
> didn't.&nbsp; </P>
> <P>The problem with pure capitalism?&nbsp; At it's
> heart, it REQUIRES haves and have-nots.&nbsp; In
> capitalism, economic equilibrium is NOT a state
> that&nbsp;provides for everyone.&nbsp; I have a
> problem with a system that requires losers, rational
> or not.</P>
> <P>The problem with pure communism?&nbsp; It
> requires pure people--uncorruptible myths--to take
> us to the utopia envisioned by Marx.&nbsp; No one
> can take the kind of power that a Marxist communist
> government needs, use it benevolently, and give it
> back to the people when the time is right (whenever
> that is).&nbsp; At its heart, though, it's not an
> evil idea--take only what people can give, and give
> back what they need.</P>
> <P>I'm sure I'll come under fire for disliking
> capitalism and not condemning communism to the pits
> of hell, but let's face it--they're theories.&nbsp;
> And it's not just the flaws in the theories that
> stop them from working--it's the flaws in the people
> who try to transition from theory to practice.&nbsp;
> People don't work the right way for a pure
> capitalist system, or a pure communist one.&nbsp; I
> think Mag is right--we need balance.<BR></P></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV>Scott Sands</DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
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> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>----Original Message Follows----
> <DIV></DIV>From: "BG Greer, PhD"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> <DIV></DIV>Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral
> Palsy List" <[log in to unmask]>
> <DIV></DIV>To: [log in to unmask]
> <DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: Mag's whip; was RE: Am I the
> only one online?
> <DIV></DIV>Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:05:29 EDT
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>Mag,
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>We have the best life style in the world,
> and it wasn't brought about
> <DIV></DIV>by government bureaucrats. Sadly, people
> need profits for motivation.
> <DIV></DIV>Corporations have brought about this easy
> lifestyle. Yes, the rich get rich, but they
> <DIV></DIV>took the risks, we did not.
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>Bobby
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>
> <DIV></DIV>&gt; don't know what the solution
> <DIV></DIV>&gt; is but I think we need a combination
> of things.
> <DIV></DIV>&gt; not just corporations, not just
> communism, not just socialism.
> <DIV></DIV>&gt;
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