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Posted by Nilet on Fri Nov 23 19:08:55 2007, in response to Re: Economic Discussions (Derived from: FOIA For Photos), posted by Broadway Lion on Fri Nov 23 10:59:01 2007. It is not surprising, is it, that this wealth flows upwards. The money that was given to me for creating that web site is paid to the internet provider, to the software vendor, to the power company. That which I keep (as if *I* kept *any* money) is spent at the Hobby Shop to buy more subway trains. And *he* spends that money to operate his store, and to purchase goods from China. But *I* Have spent the money, and no longer have it, although my life is enriched by more subway trains.Where do you get the idea that wealth flows "upwards." You seem to take it as axiomatic that there are necessarily (that is to say, there must be and always will be) some individuals who have vastly more money than others. In your example, you give the money to the ISPs, software vendors, etc— but the only reason they have goods to give you or services to provide is through labor. The workers get paid for that, and they have money to spend elsewhere. Why, exactly, do you assume that the money you spend at the hobby shop must necessarily end up mostly in the hands of a small minority with a lot more money than everyone else? Without the "rich" who invested money in tools and dies, no subway trains could have been created for my layout, and I would be stuck running Athern BRC behind some old RS-1 locomotives. Again, why must the money be invested by a single individual who has more money than everyone else? And where, exactly, do you think he got that money? So God Bless the RICH, for they enrich all of us. Um, as long as you're bringing religion into this, the Bible has some choice words to say about rich people.... |
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