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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	I'm still digesting this article - The Top 1%
	Date:	4/5/2011 9:20:52 AM

Hound, I read the article and my comments stand. You have to be able to critically examine these articles and their premises, which are mostly bogus.

And Vanity Fair is indeed a liberal rag. Point out one positive article in Vanity Fair about a conservative. You won't be able to find one but there are literally dozens, if not hundreds, of positive articles about liberals over the years.

I would agree that not everyone in the top 1% are productive. I could point to the entire Kennedy clan or any of the trust fund brats as good examples. But the fact is a great many of those in the top 1% earned what they have, including prominent liberals like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, etc. They did something right and deserve every penny of it. And what is interesting but rarely mentioned is how much of their wealth they give away to charitable causes. And all that without government intervention.