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Board Politics & Society
Re: Mark Ames on Ayn Rand
by
evoorhees
on 01/07/2011, 17:48:44 UTC

Then obviously I didn't mistate your opinion because that's exactly what you said before and it is equally untrue.

My thesis: most wealthy people earned their money.
My statistical source: "Only 16% of high-net-worth individuals inherited their stash, according to Capgemini." - Economist article, http://www.economist.com/node/17929057

Your thesis: most wealthy people did not earn their money.
Your statistical source: Huh

And even if 100% of wealthy people inherited their money, you don't have the right to steal it from them. Unless a rich man stole his wealth (such as a congressman who taxed it away from its rightful owner), you have no claim to it.