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gravity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 02:10 PM
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143. There are greedy rich people and greedy poor people
I don't agree with the hostility towards rich people since many poor people behave the same way. Some people are just more generous than others regardless of social class. If everyone was completely generous, our society would look like utopian comunism, but human nature suggest that people generally take care of themselves first before looking out for others.

I think the progressive tax structure addresses the inequality issue in our society. The tax system could be revised, but I don't think there is any problem if someone becomes rich by fair means.
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