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roachboy · 01-04-2007, 08:56 AM

dk:

1. the question "who pays?" in isolation is meaningless. if you abstract the mechanism of redistribution from its functions, you can't think coherently about redistribution.

2. i see no possible argument that would lead to a conclusion that universal health care and access to education would have negative effects on anything. these seem entirely worthwhile tasks for the public to decide are worth paying for as a public. period.

3. the idea that the present system is somehow not capitalism is one that seems to me out to lunch. i am not going to persue this one any further, in the interest of staying within the style of a nice persona.

01-04-2007, 08:56 AM	#65 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	dk: 1. the question "who pays?" in isolation is meaningless. if you abstract the mechanism of redistribution from its functions, you can't think coherently about redistribution. 2. i see no possible argument that would lead to a conclusion that universal health care and access to education would have negative effects on anything. these seem entirely worthwhile tasks for the public to decide are worth paying for as a public. period. 3. the idea that the present system is somehow not capitalism is one that seems to me out to lunch. i am not going to persue this one any further, in the interest of staying within the style of a nice persona. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 01-04-2007 at 08:59 AM..