Originally Posted by solitude

It's basic economics, dismayed. In the beginning, with every dime, somebody labored. That doesn't mean just "smashing bricks," and other so-called "blue-collar" jobs. I mean the white collar insurance adjuster, the woman at the receptionist desk for a construction company, anybody who receives a paycheck without exploiting labor themselves.

Money makes money, yes. However, the money that is used to make more money was created by somebody doing something.

Disrespectful? I'm talking about the vast masses. Who am I being disrespectful to? The masters of these wage slaves? Well, so be it. They are, in most cases, using tax advantages created by their powerful political friends, corporate welfare, etc, to make their mountains of cash. I have no pity or a need to respect getting rich off the work of others. I disagree with that in a fundamental way. So we're not going to agree.

You sound like a shill for capital when you question my "labor creates all wealth" line. They would like you to believe it's not true. The fact is - it's absolutely true. Remember, money to make money, that makes more money, that makes even more money --- came from somewhere. The infancy of all wealth was labor. Period. Maybe it was yourself in your own business - great! But when you take the business to new levels and allow yourself to get richer and richer when your employees go home with no health insurance and piddly wages (so you can move up from Quail Creek to the McMansions of Edmond to Gallardia) - all on the backs of poorly paid workers --- that's wrong. We'll agree to disagree.

Disagreeing. That is still allowed in George Bush's America? I haven't checked the news today, I may be wrong.