Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
> in article capi39$jvj$2@news.Stanford.EDU, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net at
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote on 6/16/04 10:31 PM:

>> Not at all. Clearly, he recieves benefits (including tax SHELTERS), a
>> legal system which favors him, etc.
>> 
>> None of the above apply to the poor.

> Even with tax shelters, Bill Gates pays a LOT of taxes, the extreme poor pay

And he get a LOT of benefits. 

> little or no taxes. The poor gets welfare, housing allowances, Medicaid,
> free legal aid, food stamps. Bill Gates gets to pay for all that.

And paying for all that, he helps assure that these people are not more
dissatisfied and out on the street than otherwise, he gets a
disproportionate amount of benefit from such things as defense (both for
protecting his wealth, and as contractors to his company), police
(ditto), medical systems, etc.

>>> (I hate shouting, but you simply aren't paying attention otherwise.)
>> 
>> I paid attention. You are simply wrong.

> No, you simply are letting your hatred of the rich interfere with your
> judgment.

"hatred"?

This is odd, even considering the source...

Mike