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From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson)
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Subject: Who deserves what?
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Laura Creighton says:

> I assume that *everybody* deserves what they get until I can see
> some evidence of coercion -- fraud included.

That doesn't seem like a good assumption.  I was born into a good
home in an affluent country -- how did I deserve that more than
those who were not so fortunate?  And if everyone deserves the
same start that I got, then those who didn't get it have been
defrauded in some way, so that forced redistribution of wealth
would be a proper thing to do.  And if I didn't deserve it, then
by what right can I withhold the benefits thereof from others?

Gary Samuelson