The now syandard Democ-rat election strategy

[David Floyd]

Asher,

How did you afford a trip to London?

How does going to London make me wealthy? Oh, OK, I get it, I'm wealthy compared to the average homeless person. Still not wealthy though

Monolith,

They're giving it to the government. What the government does with the money after that is done by the people WE elected.

According to you, we've elected a bunch of thieves and robbers.

Actually that's exactly right, but the people who vote for politicians on the grounds of their social programs are a bunch of thieves and robbers, too.

[Zulu Elephant]

The bottom line is that the rich pay a portion of their taxes to the poor because the rich benefit from the economic system.

The whole country picks which system to use (capitalist/socialist/whatever) through voting and if all these darn thieving social programs were got rid of to let you keep a bit more of your money, the poor would soon realise that they might like to create an economic system that favours their skills rather than yours.

[Saras]

Originally posted by Zulu Elephant
The bottom line is that the rich pay a portion of their taxes to the poor because the rich benefit from the economic system.

The whole country picks which system to use (capitalist/socialist/whatever) through voting and if all these darn thieving social programs were got rid of to let you keep a bit more of your money, the poor would soon realise that they might like to create an economic system that favours their skills rather than yours.

... and join labor unions, and demand better wages. Oh wait, they can do that already