>>I was not connecting the authors, rather the users of the irrelevant distraction, income distribution itself.

Which includes the authors of the report, and me, and Buffet. Having fired a blunderbuss, now you want to pretend that the pellets don't spread?

>>No, as I stated before, Buffet is a selfish hypocrite. Now that he's worth umpteen billions and has the financial freedom to earn more through every possibly avenue he is doing the "selfless" thing of suggesting tax increases on "the wealthy" etc etc

The gist is that concern about income distribution is a sign of jealousy, hypocrisy or some other pejorative you'll come up if a previous assertion fails. Great argument.

>>The tea parties formed as a direct result of the bailouts and stimilus. The Occupy movement is angry that they haven't been bailed out also. That's a fundamental difference in attitude and solution.

LOL. Both groups disapprove of the bailouts in particular, though they reach that point from different directions. I suspect both groups will be enraged afresh when they understand the full extent of the welfare the banksters consumed. If they joined forces it would be a heck of a lot harder to portray them as wackos, since they'd represent a fairly wide cross-section of the population. Won't happen as long as some people are more interested in nasty slaps rather than shared beliefs.

>>btw: Any thoughts on the US bailing out Europe? That was a pretty fine kick to the can applied by the FED.

LOL. It's all inflationary and I'll bet you $1000 new US dollars (which will be worth 43 of today's cents) that before long the dollar will hyper-inflate briefly and eliminate all the consequences in one huge chaotic lunge. ;-)