Re: Tesco blasted for sending Scottish chickens on 1,000-mile round trip to Es*** for processing

"There is always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and 
it's always somebody else"
-- Cullen Hightower


"Chandru Murthi" <cmurth_xyz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> It's unforunate that economic conservatives (I hesitate to use a
stronger 
> term,)  think that they can get along without governments; they should 
> check out Afghanistan or  somewhere the government does not intervene.
>
> Plainly: economic inequity in the US is increasing. This is a fact. 
> Whether or not Tom with his raise has or has not an incentive to work 
> harder, it is specious to claim that we have too-high taxes in this 
> country. Clearly our extreme deficit and our other economic woes are due

> to not gettting enough revenues.
>
> I find it particularly sad that so many upper-income folks (as our dear 
> President is so fond of saying) cannot see that those less fortunate are

> in deep trouble, and getting more so. It's only the individualism built 
> into our (American's) psyche which makes the lower-income folks delude 
> themselves into thinking things will get better rather than electing
those 
> who might cause real change. After all, they are the majority are they 
> not?
>
> Chandru (the proto-socialist) Murthi
>
> "Bill H" <someone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> Douglas:
>>
>> For those willing to tackle economic material from a religious source, 
>> there's always:
>>
>>
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/do***ents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus_en.html
>>
>> I thought this was a very enjoyable read, from a variety of
perspectives.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> "Douglas Tatelman" <douglas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>>
news:8aa71cb5-be53-4ab6-b8f9-242814d299be@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> It is refre****ng to read your pro Market and economic freedom
>>> postings.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we should just point your detractors to David Mamets recent
>>> essay
>>>
>>> "Why I'm no longer a brain dead liberal"
>>>
>>> http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0811,374064,374064,1.html
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>
>>
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