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30 May 2004

My Wonderful Textbook

My economics textbook sucks arse. The authors were saying that corporate profits are good for the poor, and that we shouldn't try too hard to even things out. Because corporations pay tax, and the government uses taxes to help the poor.

By that logic, stealing money isn't really bad, because I'll go and buy stuff with the money, and the shopkeeper will pay tax on that. And they'll buy stuff. And more tax will get paid. Before too long, all of that money ends up in the pockets of the government. So it's not really stealing at all. It's just indirect philanthropy.

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  1. wow, that went way over my head. at this time of night my brain shuts off, so i say to you, ryan, that you should make your posts more blonde friendly… thankyou

    lozza / 11:35pm / 30 May 2004

  2. But I am blonde. Maybe my posts are too blonde, rather than being not blonde enough.

    Ryan / 4:59pm / 31 May 2004

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