If you believe otherwise, you are an idiot. Wealth is created by
creating something of value. The money you earn represents the added
value to the economy you've created for those who partake of that which
you create. Any other theory of value, ESP the labor "theory" of value,
is a crank theory.
Government can only cut the pie differently. Those who are truly
successful are the ones that make bigger pies.
Re: [OT] Worker Income ... Are you seriously trying to contend that the overall economy is better now than it was in the late 1990s? ... The money piling up in retirement accounts is actually *in use* by someone - loans to buy houses, captial to form/grow new business, investment in research, and so forth. ... eyes closed reeeeeal tight, and wish wealth, prosperty, and success into ... though government can interfere more- or less in its creation. ... (alt.smokers.pipes)
Re: WGA Strike 90%+ vote to strike ... think that way tend to what to punish those who have "too much" by their ... who always had wealth.... Any amount of money is ... Even if the US economy collapsed, the world would be out from under ... (rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated)
Re: The Electric Car ... That's what it means to make money.... up with a lot of money in your pocket and have not created value, ... of wealth) then the market would quickly collapse of its own weight. ... the economy as a whole. ... (sci.electronics.design)
Re: justice, justice... Was: Anti-Semitism in the Neo-Confederate movement. ... > characterized as a "market economy."... > how this impacts your arguement regarding redistribution of wealth.... >>Money, unlike goods, not only does not rust, but also grows (depending upon ...Money "rusts" too. ... (soc.culture.jewish.moderated)
Re: justice, justice... Was: Anti-Semitism in the Neo-Confederate movement. ... > characterized as a "market economy."... > how this impacts your arguement regarding redistribution of wealth.... >>Money, unlike goods, not only does not rust, but also grows (depending upon ...Money "rusts" too. ... (soc.culture.jewish.moderated)