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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Corrigan" data-source="post: 1974948" data-attributes="member: 24714">Why I certainly don&#039;t consider myself a &quot;liberal&quot; and I&#039;m certain our definitions of that word vary, I&#039;ll take the bait!A capitalist model of this analogy is this:Children spend hours going door to door, lugging around heavy bags of candy. Once their candy-hauling shift is over, the boss of the block takes all the candy, then distributes it amongst the children in various amounts. He/She keeps the most for his or her self (keep in mind, boss did no candy-hauling), then distributes the left-overs to the workers in much smaller, unequal amounts. The boss does this secretly, so no other children know how much each other (and certainly not the boss, although they have a good measure) received. In either candy economy model, if you work, you&#039;re gonna get screwed. You wanna get screwed by one person? Or you wanna get screwed by the majority of the population, which thereby helps those that can&#039;t help themselves?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim Corrigan, post: 1974948, member: 24714"] Why I certainly don't consider myself a "liberal" and I'm certain our definitions of that word vary, I'll take the bait! A capitalist model of this analogy is this: Children spend hours going door to door, lugging around heavy bags of candy. Once their candy-hauling shift is over, the boss of the block takes all the candy, then distributes it amongst the children in various amounts. He/She keeps the most for his or her self (keep in mind, boss did no candy-hauling), then distributes the left-overs to the workers in much smaller, unequal amounts. The boss does this secretly, so no other children know how much each other (and certainly not the boss, although they have a good measure) received. In either candy economy model, if you work, you're gonna get screwed. You wanna get screwed by one person? Or you wanna get screwed by the majority of the population, which thereby helps those that can't help themselves? [/QUOTE]

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