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To: A Navy Vet
"Marxist economists forget or refuse to factor in is human nature."

They sure do. I have often wondered why the Left is just so jealous of wealth. Because they don't have any? (the Kennedy's) I'm not wealthy and I am only annoyed at myself, not the guy in the Rolls Royce. BTW, the person in the RR doesn't make that stainless steel radiator cover, but a skilled craftsman does. The rich don't make their toys, working people do. I am happy to make and sell to them whatever they want (as long as its legal and moral), and I make a profit.

11 posted on 05/17/2002 4:56:40 PM PDT by elbucko
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To: elbucko
The rich don't make their toys, working people do.

I know what you're saying but that generalization doesn't hold true in a lot of cases. Bill Gates is a good example. He doesn't do the elbow grease stuff any longer but he did. Steve Jobs. Henry Ford is another good example. Michael Dell. Thomas Edison. Sam Walton (although he didn't so much make products as he did sell them). All self made men. All of them did make the toy that everyone else wanted. They all sweated and sacrificed and put in unthinkable hours to make it happen.

17 posted on 05/17/2002 5:14:06 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: elbucko
They sure do. I have often wondered why the Left is just so jealous of wealth. Because they don't have any? (the Kennedy's) I'm not wealthy and I am only annoyed at myself, not the guy in the Rolls Royce.

Notice how many inheritors of wealth are Leftists? The Leftists are not jealous of wealth -- they are jealous of THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE WEALTH, because they realize they don't have it. Their parents or grandparents did, but they don't

The purpose of socialism is not to eliminate wealth -- it is to make it impossible for someone who starts out poor, but with brilliance and energy, to climb into the ranks of the wealthy. The wealthy support socialism because they do not want competition

30 posted on 05/18/2002 9:12:01 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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