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| subject: | Re: Ben Stein`s Last Column |
On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 11:15:53 -0600, USA wrote:
>On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:28:48 -0500, "Deborah Terreson"
> wrote:
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>>In article ,
wbt{at}privacy.net
>>wrote:
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>>You'll be sniggering when Dubya's yupwardly mobile, 'ownership society'
>>mentality puts you right smack in the middle of the Alternative Minimum Tax
>>bracket, and Wall Street's billionaires party with your Social Security.
>>
>>Selah!
>
>Hey if "sharing the wealth" among "the People" is
your thing you can
>always relocate to The People's Republic of China.
Nowadays you don't have to go to China for income redistribution;
redistribution comes to us.
>
>There is nothing with individuals striving to live a better life by
>their own sweat (upward mobility). Unless of course you are one of
>the slackers who perfer to have others carry your weight.
>
>I happen to like the idea of keeping in *my* bank account the money I
>earn for *my* retirement and the rest of the slackers who aren't as
>ambitious can eat cat foor or just lay down and die in their old age.
One guy commented that since he was in his early 20s, the best
investment for his retirement would be to travel around more.
>
>That is free choice.
And that's a no-no, unfortunately.
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