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I found the argument unpersuasive. I just thought that each generation invents its own language to justify a lack of charity. After all, there is a jump from Attlee to Thatcher where such attitudes went into retreat.

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by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Aug 11th, 2008 at 12:19:12 PM EST
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I think it has everything to do with greed and power.  Someone who has the power to choose between retaining wealth or giving it to others (others who have typically contributed greatly or entirely to its "creation") demonstrates inherent greed when they find excuses to retain that wealth for themselves.  

The path of greed is a great way to increase personal wealth in the short-term but demonstrably poor in the longer term.  The Henry Ford position (pay your workers enough to buy your product and the money will come back to you exponentially) is decidedly more appropriate for a capitalist system.

We must work to detach the concept of greed from the concept of "capitalism" which is a term in desperate need of re-branding.  How ironic that the commie bastards on the left will enjoy the privilege of that re-branding.

by paving on Mon Aug 11th, 2008 at 03:13:26 PM EST
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