In a message dated 8/18/12 5:00:20 PM, [email protected] writes:
> The idea that grace is complemented with wealth is an old one and I > wonder > > if > > it's still believed and preached? > > > > wc > The form of that statement that still seems somewhat defendible to me is this: Wealth, especially in the aged, allows a kind of dignity that impoverished, dependent seniors are denied. The hugeness of the gap at its greatest certainly feels hideous to me. Government can serve many functions, and it seems allowable to me that the rich be taxed at higher rates than the poor, and I judge many politicians according to their position on that. I know this is complicated, and that some sorts of seeming compromise are apt. Even when I was living from paycheck to paycheck, the idea of a max tax of 92% felt wrong to me.
