[lbo-talk] tax burden (was: authentically working class

[John Thornton]

Joseph Catron wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:37 PM, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
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> One is a quote and two use the term disparagingly to describe a "disturbing
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>> part of the support for tax reduction" by the wealthy and corporations.
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> What the hell are you talking about? Galbraith uses the term in reference to
> "a head of a family with no dependents and an income of $4000" and "lower
> income-higher spending households." And did I miss the quote?
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Apparently you did.
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>> This hardly demonstrates Galbraith embraces this term.
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> Who's talking about embracing anything? He used it without commentary,
> rather than getting the vapors over it.

He used it in the manner I described.

John Thornton