tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post115673238946510807..comments2024-01-21T00:21:39.004-06:00Comments on Three Wise Men: Real Wages and GrowthAlexander Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041808057755360625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-1157046312578179932006-08-31T12:45:00.000-05:002006-08-31T12:45:00.000-05:00Actually, what always happens is that in the end, ...Actually, what always happens is that in the end, the poor folk tear down the rich landowner's castles and kill the rich landowner himself (and usually his family too) in some horrible way such as burning, hanging, stabbing, or beheading.Nat-Wuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378831467642601979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-1157042467188796802006-08-31T11:41:00.000-05:002006-08-31T11:41:00.000-05:00It's certainly true that liberals like us want to ...It's certainly true that liberals like us want to take away other poeple's money, whether it's hard-earned or hardly earned. But it's also true that the very wealthy will deprive the middle class and their poor of their money (see regressive tax policies like the flat tax) or their opportunity (see reduced funding for programs for the poor) if given the chance. I wouldn't call that class "warfare" so much as I'd call it class "struggle." That sounds communist, but Marx wasn't wrong to point out that to some extent there is a contest between the wealthy and pretty much the rest of society; it doesn't have to degenerate into revolution, but certainly we don't want one side to "win" over the other either.Alexander Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041808057755360625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705460.post-1156779638327850322006-08-28T10:40:00.000-05:002006-08-28T10:40:00.000-05:00I like the quote about there being two economies. ...I like the quote about there being two economies. It's absolutely true. What Repubs don't seem to get is that a guy just barely making a living doesn't give a crap about the other economy. Nor should he. And yet they speak as if overall economic growth is all that matters. The truth is, we have to have some kind of redistribution of wealth. And yet no matter what system is proposed to do that, you'll have Repubs yelling about the government taking away someone's hard earned money. Never mind that their money comes at the expense of the working poor.Nat-Wuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11378831467642601979noreply@blogger.com