[lbo-talk] corporate campaign spending limits, he dead

[John Thornton]

Joseph Catron wrote:
> In fairness to the Trotskyists, nearly all of us with any kind of private
> investments or retirement accounts have vested interests in the nastiest of
> places. Really, the only way to
> eliminate moral culpability in the awfullest things in the world is to
> resign oneself to being old and poor, which is more of a sacrifice than most
> of us will be willing to make.

Last time I read anything on the subject 60% of Americans had no type of 
investments.
IIRC of the 40% who do own investments roughly half of those are less 
than $20K.
Only about 25% of the US population has investments in any slightly 
meaningful way.
Is the thought of joining the ~70% majority really so terrible?
If ~70% don't have any such investments how can one label it "necessary" 
as many are quick to do?

John Thornton