[MD] On Indian Values (Part I?)

[Arlo J. Bensinger]

[Arlo had said]
"Interest rates on loans can be lowered by agreeing to do public  service.For
example, a loan offered at 5.5% could be brought down to  4% by someone willing
to spend 10 hours a week helping kids learn how  to read, or delivering meals
on wheels, or assisting in eldercare. (Needs, needs and more needs.)

And, again, I see nothing Marxist in this. 

[Platt]
Of course not. But everybody else sees in the your proposals the age 
old Robin Hood game of take from the rich and give to the poor,  
brought up to date in the 19th century by Marx and his fellow travelers 
and still trotted out by many left-wingers like yourself today as the 
cure for society's ills.

[Arlo]
How is offering interest rate tax DEDUCTIONS to ANYONE, rich OR poor, an example
of "taking from the rich and giving to the poor"?

What everyone sees is your nonsensical party dribble, Platt, that now is
stuggling to defend a proposition that is so absolutely inane to be quite sad.
But I'm liking it. You just keep proving yourself to be the fool. Go on.

I had asked you to give up being the Perpetual Party Jester, guess that was too
much to ask. I guess you realized your idiocy when I replied the rest of your
ridiculous accusations of "Marxism".

So, let me see... was it "Marxist" of me to call for an abolition of the income
tax and move to a progressive consumption tax, as was (and is) argued by the
editors of Forbes Magazine?

Is it "Marxist" of me to demand that we hold individuals AND businesses
accountable for their debts? Or, can you explain to the folk why holding
individuals accountable is "unfettered market economics", but holding
businesses ALSO accountable is "Marxism"?

And let's not forget this emails "Platt will ignore this and call you names
instead" question, why is it "Marxist" to offer REDUCED interest rates to
ANYONE in exchange for public service?

I'd wait for an answer, but I'm guessing all I'll get is more idiotic and sad
Party Dribble. I'm right about that, aren't I? You won't answer any of my
questions. Never have, really. It's never really about anything more than
propaganda with you. Which is why you ignore so much of Pirsig, and can't name
ONE THING from either ZMM or Lila that (1) you agree with and (2) is in
contrast to "conservative orthodoxy". Here's another chance to prove me wrong.
Name SOMETHING. ANYTHING. You can't. And you won't. But you'll try to make
ridiculous accusations about MY polictical beliefs, in order to wage fear, ad
hominem and idiotic rheotircal attacks on anything that even remotely
challenges the Party. A Party Jester til the end.

You can reply with substance to this. But I bet you won't...

Arlo