Originally Posted by BDunnell
A statement such as that betrays your obsession with consumerism. Who, apart from you, said anything about 'stuff'? This isn't what I want at all. I believe people should work for their money and be paid accordingly — I'm aware the concept of someone holding mildly left-wing views also being a hard worker is a bit alien to you, given some of your remarks about the protesters, but stay with me. But I also believe that the growing gap between richest and poorest needs to be considered. Why has it grown? Why does it need to grow? In this case, it isn't necessarily the increasing remuneration of those at the top that is the problem, but the way in which their pay increases have outstripped those lower down the scale. How is this healthy?
As for the specifics of how much people should be taxed, I don't know. An uncommon thing to say on an internet forum, I'm aware, but that part of the answer is simply beyond me, and for those better-versed in economics than I am to decide. (By the way, those people don't include your good self, unless you'd like to inform us otherwise.)
And as for your previous responses to Arrows in the post prior — well, again, they are simplistic beyond belief, with their assumption that jealousy must be at the root cause of his views. A complete cop-out of an opinion, if I may say so. Has it never crossed your mind that not everyone is afflicted by a blind respect and admiration for out-and-out wealth — that there may be some people for whom it's just not important as a personal attribute. We don't all have to genuflect towards money, you know.
