>Tracy, Doug,
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>"Give it all to the rich" was a flippant phrase and I am sorry it was taken literally. But I do believe a certain amount of wealth redistribution is a principle of a developed society. Those with more financial means help those with less (or none). Can you name a developed country where that doesn't happen? In fact the U.S. probably does less of it than any of the others. And yet a lot of Americans are still disgruntled, resenting every nickel pried from their fingers. Whatever happened to the idea that we're all in this together?
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>Besides, if everyone keeps everything they earn, who pays for public services like roads, police, fire departments, the military, schools, etc. etc. etc.? I am sure you are not suggesting a return to frontier days when it was every man for himself. Even then they quickly recognized the need for civic infrastructure. The only real debate is how far it should go. Reasonable people can disagree about that.
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I say give it all to the police, or make that retired police!