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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:20 PM Original message |
Poll question: Is it ethical for wealth to be distributed among so few people? |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Earned wealth versus dividend wealth. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I'm with you. There are a lot of sources of taxation that would target |
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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Making money at the cost of others |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ah ... back to the equations! |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. wealth ain't wealth until someone has it |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. "Commonwealth" |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. sorry, my telepathy went out when I was eight |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. but the wealthy do eat the poor |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Wrong verb, I think. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. In a lot fewer words - I completely agree |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. Should the US have to spread its wealth to other countries to equalize the world? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Good question. Should our rich be obligated to share the wealth with the rest of us, and |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. How much do you suppose that vineyard would be worth ... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. isn't that the goal of the kibbutz? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Or a cooperative. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. I don't care how much money people have, so long as the workers |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. I figure you've got 4 ways to go |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. which is why Democratic socialism is favorable to Capitalism |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. Martin Luther King was a socialist because he thought it was immoral. He got shot. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. Im the lone voter for people should be able to make as much as they want.. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. If we made a society where everyone had their needs met- |
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PerfectSage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's only ethical for pychopaths. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm a capitalist |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. do you mean |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I am a capitalist in the sense that I favor capitalism |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. On this we agree, Bryant. FDR Capitalism, is what I like to call it. |
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