r hettinga rahshipwrightcom begin pgp signed message hash sha1 1032 0400 92102 gary lawrence murphy wrote cool wasnt aware us lifted population poverty happen wonder media gets idea wealth gap widening deepening world loves smartass seriously look life expectancy human carrying capacity continent europeans got look even descendants original inhabitants even descendents slaves brought force stuff cheaper thats progress poverty course relative absolute disparity wealth nothing like saying groups rights truth individuals like group rights disparity wealth statistical sophistry besides even cant help distribution industrial wealth almost always transitory relative poverty even confiscatory deathtaxes 20th anniversary forbes 400 came tens people still since 1982 time significantly higher marginal taxes wealth income inheritance point theyre nowhere near top ill take odds neofeudalism reasserts form government regulation confiscatory taxes legislated monopoly corporate welfare nonprofit neoaristocratic tax dodges legalized labor extortion get slowdowns progress like happened fabianera britain 1970s usa fact countries wealth unfairly distributed get improvement general economic welfare stuff cheaper fewer people dying people living longer ill take odds well people take greater risks returns higher improving lot us result cheers rah begin pgp signature version pgp 75 iqaawubpyy3yspxh8jf3ohaeqlqnqcg14yvf8nvywkirrghhdisboncon8aopcr quzorxeale5h3t1sykl7dfnt 9kff end pgp signature r hettinga internet bearer underwriting corporation 44 farquhar street boston 02131 usa however may deserve respect usefulness antiquity predicting end world found agreeable experience edward gibbon decline fall roman empire sat 21 sep 2002 141829 0400 sed sunited statesroman empireg