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Originally Posted by Kasept
Interesting Norman Mailer quote turned up on 'Word of the Day' digest today that is obviously germane to current debate.
To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is. Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there's more idleness and abuse of government favors among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged.
Norman Mailer (1923-2007)
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How would the productivity of the rich be measured? By how many they employ in their own companies or maintain in the jobs they have with others? How much $ they put into the economy?
I have no doubt that the ultra wealthy are abusing the system but not "rich" people that have a household income of 250K, those are generally the people that are working the hardest and seeing the least benefits.