Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Yes, and *I* and agreeing with *you*!Yeah of course, that's what I said:
Income inequality is a non-issue. Absolute or chronic poverty is the real issue.
I was just pointing out that you seemed to be on the verge of a straw-man argument, i.e. that people who desire a reduction in income inequality would be perfectly happy if all the rich people had their money taken away, without any more money actually going to the poor.
Of course, the number of pounds or dollars printed on your paycheque means nothing in itself, it's what you can buy with it that counts. The current bugbear of the UK economy, house prices, is being driven by a small number of extremely wealthy people who are gradually making it virtually impossible for anyone who isn't on a pretty high salary to own a home.
That's a pretty facile point, if I may say so. If it's contributing to keeping people in poverty, it is a Bad Thing. (Though of course you acknowledge that, fair enough.)I am dead against it, but you're missing the point, which is (in this instance) that protectionism only keeps people poor, it doesn't make them poor. Anyway, I'm not talking about trade liberalisation.
Sure, I was parodying the attitudes some idiots have that Microsoft is a 'good, honest, American' company and that open-source is for anarchists, 'hackers', paedos etc.Actually, open source is pretty much the polar opposite of communism.
(Some people really do think this, btw.)
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