Pat Winstanley wrote:
> In article <1059575906.433730@clnsrv.libraryofconnecticut.org>,
> schizam2001@yahoo.com says...
>> 
>> "Pat Winstanley" <wallopcods2003@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.1990d854da7a21ea98a5cf@News.CIS.DFN.DE...
>>> In article <bfv0la$j85nb$1@ID-105084.news.uni-berlin.de>,
>>> kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com says...
>>>>>>> But in the US the greater productivity is going to make the
>>>>>>> already rich even richer.  Less of that earning actually goes
>>>>>>> into the pockets of the earners.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> How so? The already rich are earners.
>>>>> 
>>>>> They "earn" the wealth generated by others.
>>>> 
>>>> Why the scare quotes? It seems to me that they earn wealth by
>>>> forming corporation and providing jobs. You nice little scare
>>>> quotes suggest that there is something wrong or illegitimate about
>>>> this. You can't honestly be objecting to anyone ever having an
>>>> employee, right? 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> So... if you invest money in one or more companies and sit back
>>> idly, living on the dividends you receive from your investement but
>>> do no work... exactly what have *you* earned? And what *work* did
>>> you do to earn those dividends?
>> 
>> You took the risk of investing that money.
>> 
> 
> So buying a lottery ticket or having a flutter on the horses is work,
> is earning?

It's not working, but it is earning.

> Since when?

Since the existence of contract?

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