Re: Redistribute the Wealth

On Oct 21, 7:07 pm, jim <jim10...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[Default] On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:41:43 -0700 (PDT), mg



<mgkel...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 21, 3:00 pm, Sordo™<sordo™@privacy.net> wrote:
Redistribute the Wealth

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10-20-2008
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Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read
"Vote Obama, I need the money." I laughed.

Once in the restaurant my server had on a "Obama 08" tie, again I
laughed as he had given away his political preference -- just imagine
the coincidence.

When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him
that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He
stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to
redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need--the homeless
guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the
server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless
guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I
realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn,
but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn
even though the actual recipient deserved money more.

I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in
concept than in practical application.

Also, employers could announce the consideration of employee raises,
then withhold those raises and give the proceeds to a worthy cause,
preferably one involving non-workers ... PRICELESS!

Abraham Lincoln once said:

"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the
fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first
existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the
higher consideration."

If you want to see how easy it is to raise capital, just look at
Bush's Bank Bailout plan. Basically, they did it with the stroke of a
pen.

Money made from capital is only taxed at 15% while money made from
labor can be taxed at a rate that is approximately double that. That
looks like income redistribution to me.

I do believe in free markets and capitalism, but I don't believe in
trickle-down economics and I don't believe in short-changing servers
to make some abstract, misguided point.

Lincoln said a lot of things including

I will tell you a Joke about Jewel and Mary
It is neither a Joke nor a Story
For Rubin and Charles has married two girls
But Billy has married a boy
The girlies he had tried on every Side
But none could he get to agree
All was in vain he went home again
And since that is married to Natty
So Billy and Natty agreed very well
And mama's well pleased at the match
The egg it is laid but Natty's afraid
The Shell is So Soft that it never will hatch
But Betsy she said you Cursed bald head
My Suitor you never Can be
Beside your low crotch proclaims you a botch
And that never Can serve for me

Lincoln should be the patron saint of the "Log Cabin Republicans"

I've always wondered about George Bush's sexual orientation. Karl Rove
always struck me as a little bit peculiar too.
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