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Actually, I've just seen the new movie "The Town" (written by my
nephew), and it's given me some ideas on the redistribution of
wealth.<br>
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Want to help? Go see the movie and start gathering the necessary
materials ... I'll tell you where to meet me. --CGE<br>
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On 10/1/10 5:39 PM, John W. wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 5:32 PM, C. G.
Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Is " having some people of color who are rich ... supposed to
count as good news for all the people of color who are poor?<br>
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"The argument for Obama is he’s there, so I can be there too,
but all the white male presidents we’ve had haven’t done much
good for poor Whites, and in a country where there’s now
declining social mobility (less than in Western Europe), it’s
hard to take even the traditional solace in the fact that the
empty claim that anyone can grow up to become President
[Reagan proved that] now includes Black people.<br>
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"None of this will make any difference unless we start
thinking about the politically relevant question, eliminating
the gap between the rich and the poor."<br>
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<div>Thank God YOU are on the case, Carl ! Thinking about it, I
mean. :-)</div>
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href="http://jacobinmag.com/archive/issue1/wbm.html"
target="_blank">http://jacobinmag.com/archive/issue1/wbm.html</a>><br>
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