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Old 08-22-2008, 11:15 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by buckman View Post
This country was built on the premiss that anyone can make it with hard work. Not on the redistribution of wealth
Yes and no.

Certainly the ability for anyone to achieve regardless of social status is what makes America special, but without the wealth redistribution that is our progressive tax system you wouldn't have a middle class, and without our middle class you wouldn't have the America of the 20th century.

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