From: "Gary Britt" 

Capitalism is fair because everyone has the opportunity to become Bill
Gates or to pave the way for their children to have the opportunity to
become Bill Gates.

Equality of results is neither natural or expected for a system to be fair.

Gary

"Tony Williams"  wrote in message
news:43b8825d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Gary Britt wrote:
> > Happy New Year To You As Well.
>
> Cheers!
>
> > I'm afraid that enough of us aren't Jesus.  However, I'll admit that if
the
> > majority of the population were Jesus then Communism might work.
>
> In the same spirit, I'll concede that capitalism would be fair if
> everyone were Bill Gates.
>
> > Should I hold my breath waiting for 3 million Jesuii?
>
> I advise against it.
>
> --
> Tony
>
> > Gary
> >
> > "Tony Williams"  wrote in message
> > news:43b85915{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> >>Ok, I think you're up to operating rpm now .
> >>
> >>I'm not going to refute your post point by point because it's mainly
> >>repeating at great length the same flawed arguments you advanced before.
> >>It was an entertaining read, in a watching-a-train-wreck sort of way
> >
> > though.
> >
> >>This little snippet reveals the core fallacy:
> >>
> >>
> >>>People bust their butts to improve their own life and the lives of
> >>>their children, but NEVER for the common good.
> >>
> >>Simply not true. I understand some guy got nailed to a cross for
> >>suggesting otherwise so I'll leave it there.
> >>
> >>BTW, at the risk of offending your sensibilities, Happy New Year!
> >>
> >>--
> >>Tony
> >
> >
> >

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