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GreenStormCloud

(12,072 posts)
137. Society and civilization do NOT go against evolution.
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:17 AM
Sep 2012

Humans are a social species. You missed the entire point that everybody wants to care for their own children more than for the neighbor's kids.

I can't think of a thing wrong with it. ananda Sep 2012 #1
I don't believe in a cap on personal wealth gollygee Sep 2012 #2
Why is it axiomatic that there will always be poor among us? Duer 157099 Sep 2012 #70
There will always be people who are unable to support themselves in any way gollygee Sep 2012 #77
Well, it's the nature of social hierarchy. haele Sep 2012 #79
In any race someone will come in last. GreenStormCloud Sep 2012 #85
A "cap on personal wealth" would be just nuts. Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #3
The biggest reason is the Constitution Major Nikon Sep 2012 #103
yup former-republican Sep 2012 #107
Agree, but.. 99Forever Sep 2012 #4
Money is like manure, spread around it can help things grow HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #5
even if that means printing more money? awwwsheet Sep 2012 #15
Sometimes that's necessary if money has been taken out of the economy CJCRANE Sep 2012 #20
but doesnt that just lower the price of the dollar making it harder to purchace things when we print awwwsheet Sep 2012 #21
What about the $2 trillion dollars taken out of circulation by big businesses... kentuck Sep 2012 #26
so if you have money you must spend it? awwwsheet Sep 2012 #33
You can hold on to it, if you wish... kentuck Sep 2012 #37
pay a fair tax on money you hold in your posession that you have already paid taxes on? awwwsheet Sep 2012 #41
That you paid taxes on? kentuck Sep 2012 #48
So in other words you think its right for the govt Missycim Sep 2012 #54
Nobody's being forced to spend money theKed Sep 2012 #110
Well if you offer tax cuts to goad people into investing then i am for it Missycim Sep 2012 #124
In Arkansas you've got to pay property tax on a car you already own and that is rusting away... HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #87
Not necessarily. The crash took $2 trillion per year out of circulation in the economy. CJCRANE Sep 2012 #30
so when people hold onto their money we need a stimulus to replenish awwwsheet Sep 2012 #34
If we let the banks fail, the global economy would have collapsed CJCRANE Sep 2012 #42
Frankly, theKed Sep 2012 #112
But that might interfere with the freedom... kentuck Sep 2012 #129
Here you go ChazII Sep 2012 #50
Yes this is a good idea Missycim Sep 2012 #58
Funding two wars by borrowing mostly from the Chinese is what got us in this mess HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #81
I don't think there should be a cap on personal wealth... cynatnite Sep 2012 #6
This is an ethical question, depends on how you feel about your fellow human beings. Avalux Sep 2012 #7
BBC: Is redistribution a foreign idea to the US? pampango Sep 2012 #8
My thoughts PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #9
100% ? Incitatus Sep 2012 #14
yes 100% PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #18
I do understand what makes you think someones property Missycim Sep 2012 #23
Why does there need to be a modest tax to pass it on? awwwsheet Sep 2012 #27
Because it is still income for the recipient Incitatus Sep 2012 #38
I am just saying that to be fair Missycim Sep 2012 #53
Why should unearned income be tax free when earned income is not? nt dmallind Sep 2012 #59
I agree with this surface fishing. dmallind Sep 2012 #55
this is true, currently PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #28
Question.. Lightbulb_on Sep 2012 #44
Wealth should be taxed on transfer, regardless of timing. dmallind Sep 2012 #64
So if you built up a company to support your family, awwwsheet Sep 2012 #25
It is not putting my children in harms way PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #36
so every American citizen should start out poor and see if they can make it? awwwsheet Sep 2012 #43
it depends what you consider poor PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #45
there are still a lot of bugs.. awwwsheet Sep 2012 #47
Thats putting it very,very,very kindly. Missycim Sep 2012 #61
say it, freedom of speech.... n/t PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #62
Nope, I am trying to be nice today Missycim Sep 2012 #65
I just want to know why you think you or the gov't is Missycim Sep 2012 #68
A person gained their wealth by PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #86
You labor under the delusion that all wealth is ill gotten. Missycim Sep 2012 #126
What a load of misguided nonsense. kentuck Sep 2012 #131
Well aren't the Missycim Sep 2012 #133
"...doesn't mean you deserve all of their profits." kentuck Sep 2012 #140
But if the workers get half of the profits Missycim Sep 2012 #142
You are trying to go against evolution. Nature will win, you won't. GreenStormCloud Sep 2012 #91
Society and civilization go against evolution Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #135
Society and civilization do NOT go against evolution. GreenStormCloud Sep 2012 #137
If that is the case PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #141
I previously stated that there are individual exceptions. GreenStormCloud Sep 2012 #144
if you try to enslave a population of over 300,000,000 PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #148
So, let me get this straight... virginia mountainman Sep 2012 #116
that is a good point PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #117
Good! virginia mountainman Sep 2012 #119
also, if you read my post PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #118
Yes but... virginia mountainman Sep 2012 #120
It's actually a good thing. moondust Sep 2012 #10
What you described isn't redistribution. It's confiscation by government. slackmaster Sep 2012 #11
+10000 Missycim Sep 2012 #24
+1,000,000 awwwsheet Sep 2012 #29
+100 ChazII Sep 2012 #82
Going by your INITIAL logic the government will NEVER go after the non wealthy...this statement uponit7771 Sep 2012 #83
+100. A Libertarian friend put it in the form of a question: Skip Intro Sep 2012 #94
This message was self-deleted by its author Skip Intro Sep 2012 #95
The power tama Sep 2012 #132
thank you SmileyRose Sep 2012 #106
Greed IS human nature. It's the truth. randome Sep 2012 #12
+1000 Risen Demon Sep 2012 #102
Two wolves tama Sep 2012 #128
If it were not for the administrative nightmares . . . . abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #13
the only problem I can see is that awwwsheet Sep 2012 #16
That's a separate issue... CJCRANE Sep 2012 #22
right but those people are only taking money from their relative who left it for them. awwwsheet Sep 2012 #32
That's theKed Sep 2012 #115
The "free market" tends to redistribute wealth Ron Green Sep 2012 #17
I think this is an excellent topic... kentuck Sep 2012 #19
The people with it don't want it redistributed. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #31
Yes, if we look at the middle class... kentuck Sep 2012 #35
That's not my position, that's the position of many of the wealthy. porphyrian Sep 2012 #89
well thats common sense awwwsheet Sep 2012 #39
And the people who who have a bunch of it don't want to share it at all. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #90
Nothing, It's actually very beneficial to the wealthy to redistribute wealth through taxes - haele Sep 2012 #40
The problem with redistribution of wealth is it needs to be reversed. hay rick Sep 2012 #46
Morons only think in one direction... kentuck Sep 2012 #51
I think it's the language as opposed to the actual concept loyalsister Sep 2012 #49
Government doesn't necessarily have to take all of it. Cleita Sep 2012 #52
Lots of "new" posters on board with this thread PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #56
You aint ringing up the post count either, Missycim Sep 2012 #63
I wasn't talking about you, but PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #66
Ok sorry but I really dislike Missycim Sep 2012 #69
We redistribute wealth in the extreme, but most of it goes *TO* people like Romney. Marr Sep 2012 #57
If there aren't enough jobs to go around, giving people money is a moral imperative! reformist2 Sep 2012 #60
in the rich's eyes JesterCS Sep 2012 #67
American culture has a very narrow circle of moral outreach - always has. ehrnst Sep 2012 #71
Collecting great wealth is anti-social rock Sep 2012 #72
To answer your question, it's what all governments do. JackRiddler Sep 2012 #73
I Don't Believe in Caps on Personal Income Yavin4 Sep 2012 #74
Depends on how you do it. dmallind Sep 2012 #75
Thom Hartmann's limit is one billion $ cap. ErikJ Sep 2012 #76
Goodbye NFL, NBA etc. One_Life_To_Give Sep 2012 #78
Most of them are NOT in the 1%, that's how bad the knowledge of income in the US is.... uponit7771 Sep 2012 #84
What do you believe the income threshold is SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2012 #111
$770,000/yr is not in the 1%? One_Life_To_Give Sep 2012 #134
What I don't know is ... chemenger Sep 2012 #80
Very little personal wealth is in cash accounts. GreenStormCloud Sep 2012 #88
Nothing, an economy exists to distribute resource. If there is no movement then the economy fails. TheKentuckian Sep 2012 #92
Well ideally I'd like to see capitalism itself abolished, but in the short term... white_wolf Sep 2012 #93
So the government would confiscate anyones money that has liquid over 1 million ? former-republican Sep 2012 #96
We already tax people, this would just be an extension of that. white_wolf Sep 2012 #97
Revamping the tax code would be a start former-republican Sep 2012 #99
And also remember former-republican Sep 2012 #100
I'm not trusting the "same" people to do anything. white_wolf Sep 2012 #104
Modern revolutions never end well former-republican Sep 2012 #105
I haven't actually proposed revolution in the sense of violent overthrow. white_wolf Sep 2012 #108
It won't be in our lifetime or your children's but I believe former-republican Sep 2012 #114
Goodbye Clooney, Tom Hanks, Stephen King, John Kerry.... Zax2me Sep 2012 #98
''So really ... what is wrong with redistributing wealth?'' DeSwiss Sep 2012 #101
You can go back to Native Americans former-republican Sep 2012 #109
Another ancient Indian proverb says: DeSwiss Sep 2012 #121
Depends on whos wealth it is. L0oniX Sep 2012 #113
I think it is all about recirculation gulliver Sep 2012 #122
If the goal is to raise revenue for those things you outlined hughee99 Sep 2012 #123
Yikes!!! greytdemocrat Sep 2012 #125
The whole frame is misleading tama Sep 2012 #127
If the horses don't poop, the sparrows don't eat... kentuck Sep 2012 #130
So whats to stop someone from making up to 10mil and Missycim Sep 2012 #136
Don't take offense, but PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #138
no offence taken, Missycim Sep 2012 #139
I was not PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #143
oops my bad :D Missycim Sep 2012 #146
Who cares? TBF Sep 2012 #145
Having higher taxes is similar to that. LiberalFighter Sep 2012 #147
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