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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Redistribution of Wealth & the Economy -- Reply to Sevener
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Date: Sat, 23-Feb-85 21:35:10 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 23 21:35:10 1985
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>>It *is* possible that the rich can be better off by redistributing some of
>>their income to those less well-off.  This can happen if people no longer
>>have enough money to buy the goods produced by the factories and means of
>>production owned by the rich.
> 
>If the rich can be made better off by letting someone else spend their
>money, why don't the rich make themselves better off by buying stuff from
>themselves?  And -- hell -- since rich is a relative concept, why can't I
>make myself better off by paying myself for goods and services?
>                                             DKMcK
Is this called sarcasm or stupidity? McK is not usually guilty of the
latter, so presumably it is sarcasm.  Anyway, the answer is that they
don't want any more of the stuff they sell. They've already got enough.
The poor are more numerous, and therefore represent a larger market.
-- 

Martin Taylor
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