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Date: 6/27/01
Time: 2:55:23 PM
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The republican party has achieved its devious objective in making ordinary citizens believe that the party represents ordinary interests. You have no problem with the rich? Well, I do. The expansive divide between the rich and the not rich is just that... a division. Both of those diverging groups are not served by a party whose needs assessment are tilted toward the wealthy.
In Newsweek's letters of 05/28/01, Earl Simpson sums up his (and my) thoughts as follows:
"...Envying the rich would be a little like envying the obese; consuming a lot of stuff does not make you healthy or happy. But if envy doesn't make sense, maybe resentment does. The rich have resources that could help stop the spread of AIDS, improve health care, revitalize public schools, protect our environment, refurbish national parks, clean up inner cities, improve military pay, provide child care for working families and increase the minimum wage. These are national problems that can't be fixed at least in part because the rich must have their toys. I think resentment makes sense. And we should fear the rich, too. Like the rest of us, they want to be richer. Unlike most of us, they have a shortcut. They won't mug us in an alley, but they will mug us in the halls of Congress, where at this moment their gang is relieving America's national interests of $1.3 trillion."