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To: FreeKeys

Actually, when I see a fat person I think about genetics, diet, exercise, and lifestyle. And, growing wealth inequality is, in fact, true. So what is something we should be discussing. So what? My read of history is that the social, political, moral, and economic glue of societies becomes problematic as wealth inequality grows to historic levels. Sure, other things are at play--but this seems accurate in societies from ancient Greece to Depression era US.
So what? growing wealth inequality is one things when private family wealth is growing for all, even if the wealthier become even richer. However, it is quite another thing when families just putting together nesteggs for their own security and to move forward actually experience declining wealth while the wealthy grow wealthier. And, this is what is happening today. These are hard-working families who play by the rules who are eating their seed corn.
Lots of other so whats to raise in other discussions.


94 posted on 12/02/2004 7:01:16 AM PST by jefferson02130 (everybody a stakeholder, democracy flourishes)
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To: jefferson02130
My read of history is that the social, political, moral, and economic glue of societies becomes problematic as wealth inequality grows to historic levels.

Has it occurred to you that the effects of free-market economies are adding totally unprecedented effects to mankind and writing a brand NEW kind of history? Did you absorb absolutely NOTHING of what I posted about WEALTH BEING BASED ON PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCTIVITY BEING EXPANDABLE????? Or are you personally hurting so bad financially that you would rather project your situation on the whole world and become a griper/complainer/blamer instead of changing or adding to your own business/work endeavors?

121 posted on 12/02/2004 11:20:45 AM PST by FreeKeys ("If a gov't were put in charge of the Sahara, in 5 years they’d have a shortage of sand."- MFriedman)
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