tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post5556875162007364495..comments2024-03-29T02:19:19.866-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Matt Bruenig — Distributive Institutions Are to Blame for Income Inequality, Not Power Couplesmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-41094960539079481942015-12-29T10:27:54.648-05:002015-12-29T10:27:54.648-05:00Equality of outcome - a previously rare mental con...Equality of outcome - a previously rare mental condition. Notable sufferers include Paul Pot and the Grim Reaper.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-45844363734026524682015-12-29T08:12:10.590-05:002015-12-29T08:12:10.590-05:00Neil I think these people literally think if insti...Neil I think these people literally think if institutions delivered the most horrible outcomes (think their hero Venezuela where they cant even deliver toilet paper) that would be just fine and dandy for them as long as everybody had to endure the same horrible outcomes...<br /><br />iow to them the problem in Venezuela isnt that you cant get toilet paper, its that perhaps "the rich" can still get toilet paper smuggled in to the country while "the poor" cannot...<br /><br />to them it is equality uber alles...Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-74826718679221693622015-12-29T07:59:27.293-05:002015-12-29T07:59:27.293-05:00Neil they think as Auburn put it "money grows...Neil they think as Auburn put it "money grows on rich people!", etc ... they are left libertarians... <br /><br />right libertarians think "money comes from the wealth creators!", etc...<br /><br />The thousand or two like us who dont look at it either way are on the outside watching this libertarian civil war....Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-52980470973930892982015-12-29T07:33:33.055-05:002015-12-29T07:33:33.055-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ryan Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815033054435303399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-64680136633976336892015-12-29T01:29:47.169-05:002015-12-29T01:29:47.169-05:00The problem is that the loser left are obsessed wi...The problem is that the loser left are obsessed with knocking the top down rather than pulling the bottom up. <br /><br />NeilWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565959939525324309noreply@blogger.com