>Since we're being philosophical.... ;-)
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>Did you realize when you stated your values you almost quoted Karl Marx verbatim? Not trying to be snarky about it, just da facts. Last I looked, we weren't Marxist.

>Anyway, one could say that the wealthy are already discharging their responsibility to us by employing the less wealthy.

First, not all wealthy people are directly employing others. Some are living on investments, or on the wealth accumulated by their ancestors.

Second, typically, those who are employing others are also taking advantage of lots of the things that society provides. For example, companies selling lots of products are shipping them somehow and that's likely to involve something that taxes pay for, whether it's roads or airports or ...

I stand by my original statement. If you have more, you have more responsibility. "More," of course, doesn't have to be more things. It could be more brains or more something else.

Tamar