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Originally Posted by DrPhil
He probably will. It's easy to say such things when you're a child whose social world is simple and innocent but even children learn differences early and operate based on them. As his parent, you'll know how to be realistic in your expectations of him while teaching him to do his best to hold true to that ideal.  |
I know, and I'm ready to be realistic.
One of the pluses of Asperger's though, if a "plus" is the way to put it, is a certain indifference to what others think. Sometimes, that's a problem, but sometimes, not so much.
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Originally Posted by KSig RC
Yeah - I'm not sure this is such a glittering endorsement, since wealth distribution is primarily a social policy wrapped in dollar signs, although I do trust Buffet's ability to create and maintain wealth in a relatively stable market fashion.
I think the problem, for most people, is simply the term "redistribution of wealth" - the reality is that redistribution doesn't need to happen via taxation or social welfare, but rather through educational opportunity and access to jobs and resources, and that seems to be the crux of the Obama plan at this point. We'll see if it happens, but I feel like most people's fears are somewhat unfounded at this point.
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I actually agree with you -- the Warren Buffet reference was a little tongue-in-cheek. I actually had originally typed a longer post along the lines of what you said, but I tried to be pithy instead. Oh well.
I agree that the problem was the, as far as I know, relatively isolated use of the term "redistribution of wealth." Although I think that the context of what Obama said throughout the campaign lines up with what you describe (opportunity and access), the McCain campaign (understandably) used it to charge "Socialism." The Warren Buffet references ties to that -- whatever else one wants to say about him, I don't think anyone would accuse Warren Buffet of supporting socialism.