I also wonder what "earned ever dollar" means.  I have been asked about
the contradiction between collecting royalties on my book questioning
intellectual property.  I answer that I did not really write the book.  I
collaborated with earlier writers; I could not have done what I did
without my computer, the internet, the staff at the library ....  Work is
a social labor process.

On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:23:06AM -0600, Bill Lear wrote:
> >By Larry Paquette
> >...
> >However, I feel no need to defend my position. Over the years I have worked
> >hard and earned every dollar of the obscene wealth I am accused of hoarding.
> 
> This is where he goes right off the rails.  $100,000 per year does not
> an obscene amount of wealth make.  Try $65,000,000 per year and you
> are closer to the target.
> 

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