--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/28/07 2:45:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Do you think that the run-of-the-mill citizen sees most of that money? > People tout the > USA as being lop-sided in how its wealth is distributed, but I suspect that > the oil-rich > Middle East countries are FAR more lopsided. > > > > > Probably not, but that is not OUR problem. That is the problem between the > governments and their people. We can't dictate to a government how they spend > > their money, talk about your ugly American. BTW, the US government is not or > at least is not supposed to be in the business of distributing or > redistributing wealth, individuals create their own wealth of which the > government is > supposed to take just enough to take care of government business and no more. >
Heh. So one someone steals from you , the government isn't supposed to redistribute that money BACK to you? Unrestricted "fair trade" leads to 19th Century robber barons amongst other disfunctional situations.