RE: Tierred pricing (was Tiger tools...)

[Chuck Lundgren <lundgren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pity the American male, the most privileged group of people in human history.

For anyone who's interested, there's a great book that discusses the
ideology shown in the rant below: "Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through
the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech",
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1586480383/qid=1004631277>.

  ... Chuck

At 11/1/2001 07:48 AM -0500, you wrote:
>Your model is the basis of socialism.  Give according to your ability, take
>according to your need.  I am not sure if you are in the US, but in my
>(never) humble opinion, this is the same crap that has our ridiculous tax
>system in place.  You make more, you pay more. Not just more based on a flat
>percentage, but a higher percentage at that!  How is that fair?  How does
>that encourage new ideas and achievement?  It discourages achievement when
>you can look at someone who working less and being a less productive member
>of society, and they receive the same (if not more) benefits of society.  I
>pay through the ass for my health insurance, have a 5K deductible to keep in
>"reasonable", and there are plenty of Americans who pay nothing for health
>insurance and go to the emergency room every time they have a damn hang
>nail.  My insurance requires me to be more frugal (read: not reckless) with
>my health care and perceived need.  My church/kids school is now underway to
>build a new building that we need.  My plan would be to take the cost of the
>project, divide it by the number of families and that is the amount each
>family is responsible for raising.  But of course, I am being hounded to
>contribute more and more and more.  Will I get more benefit than other
>families, probably not.  I am asked for more only because it is perceived
>that I have more.  The argument is: I must not need the money as much.  Pure
>poppy cock.  I am tired of being made to feel guilty for achievement and the
>dumb masses (say that fast) feeling like they are entitled to something for
>nothing, ride on the back of MY hard work.