Thomas Paine's version of "you didn't build that":
"Separate an individual from society,and give him an island or a continent to possess,and he cannot acquire personal property. He cannot be rich. So inseparably are the means connected with the end,in all cases,that where the former do not exist the latter cannot be obtained. All accumulation, therefore,of personal property,beyond what a man's own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice,of gratitude,and of civilization,a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came"
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There will be global action to support the world economy if everything goes
pear-shaped, but things are not yet bad enough and, meanwhile, it is up to the
Europeans to sort out their act. That’s the main message from the G20 summit in
Mexico – not quite as high a waffle factor as there might have been, but with
the eurozone as the whipping boy for messing up the world economy for everyone
else. The dinner was cancelled between President Obama and the heads of the four
eurozone countries at the summit, a clear sign of US irritation…………………………………
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