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Paul, we're all born equal in the sense of rights and liberties, but that does not mean we are born equal. A person born with an IQ of 70 and a cleft palate is not going to have the same earnings ceiling that you have. One of my favorite things about our economic system is that there can be big winners. BIG WINNERS, in fact. But one of my problems with capitalism is that in order to allow for a few to hit the jackpot, there are going to be losers too. Some will be winners, some will be losers. And for those of you whose brains are in the "off" position, and are thinking that we can all be winners.....aside from noting that at the foundation of our system is a sea of minimum wage workers that the system cannot do without......an eve deeper investigation will uncover the insidious fact that our system requires losers in a broader sense. We love competition here. And that's what capitalism is. It's not a win-win game like some of you have been fooled into believing. It's a win-lose game like most others.
If you've got rose-colored glasses on, you'll call it "englightened self-interest." Otherwise known as "greed."
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