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Re:Why Inequality Matters by malvim on Thursday October 16, 2014 @12:19PM (#8465717)
Not sure that is entirely correct... What about funding research, for example? Isn't that philanthropy that might benefit everyone, including poor people?
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Re:Why Inequality Matters by e40 on Thursday October 16, 2014 @05:53PM (#8468026)
That's an indirect benefit to the poor. The poor need more direct benefits to materially improve their lives.
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