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This thread has become an interesting exercise in seeing how many different subjects one person can be absolutely ignorant of. We may be looking at a new world record here.
By the way, there is no such thing as free college or free health care.
So true.
Every decision to consume one product usually comes with the trade-off of giving up the consumption of something else.
This, of course, is denied in 'The Theology of Liberalism.'
The obverse can be found here:
'To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it." http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.shtml
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What a load of horse shit. I've rearranged an old saying. To make it fit the wealthy. See if it makes any sense to you. "They've got all the bread, but they want cake. There's no end to what they'll take." Do you know what doesn't have limits? How wealthy the wealthy want to be. But there should be limits. I am also reminded of a study done on children. Most of them, if in fact not all of them, were willing to take less of something. As long as it meant that some other child would receive nothing at all. This is probably because of an instinctual "status" thing. And it is something that apparently never really goes away.
I'm not saying that those who work a little harder shouldn't receive a little more. But as I said, there has to be limits. And even then, it brings up a problem that needs to be dealt with. Which is that the more you have, the more somebody else will figure out a way of taking from you. For example, by making things more expensive. But if things become more expensive for those who can afford it, those things will be even farther out of the reach of those who can't.
There is another problem that what you talk about brings up. Which basically is aristocracy. For some people, the only thing they need to do to have an advantage over others is just to be born. Just because somebody may decide to work a little harder doesn't necessarily make their children superior. And therefore, worthy of the silver spoon they were born with. Only one thing can truly perform that function. A eugenic breeding program.