Re: [Phys-l] SOLAR , NUCLEAR ENERGY etc.

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

I have taken the liberty of enumerating Prof.Shapiro's points:
> 1)Redistribution of wealth happens all the time.  2)When tax and other government policies are changed there often is a redistribution of wealth that goes along with those changes.  3)Sometimes wealth is redistributed upward from those with less wealth to those with more, as it was for much of the previous Administration here in the U.S.  4)And, sometimes the redistribution of wealth is downward from those with more wealth to those with less.
> 5)Incentives to move to cleaner energy are likely to result in some redistribution of wealth.  6)However, I think much of that redistribution will take place within the framework of capitalism.  7)There are those entrepreneurs who will seize the future, and those who will remain stuck in the 8)past.  Those who seize the future will come out ahead, and those who remain stuck in the past will fall behind.
>
> Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
Bernard responded in part, like this, with his later clarifications, if 
I am correct:

That's why F.D.Roosevelt was so hated -- sl[ightly] misdirected, as it was, if I am correct, due to his wife's prodding.  The reverse redistribution began with Carter  and accelerated with Reagan.  Those coming of age under Carter were the  first who could look forward to a life worse, instead of better, than their parents.


I understand this to mean that....
President F.D.Roosevelt was hated because:
a) his wife encouraged him to work to change tax and other policies
b) his wife encouraged him to work for more benefits for the poor 
(unemployed, injured, disadvantaged?) and less benefits for the rich 
(company-owners, shareholders, industrialists, land-owners, importers??) 
and for this reason he was hated   (by whom??)

Carter was the first president to work for less benefits for the poor 
and more benefits for the rich.
President Reagan  enlarged on this redistribution.    Young people aged 
twenty one could only look forward to a worse life than their parents 
after President Carter was elected.

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BC, is this what you intended to share?   Sorry to be obtuse. I am not a 
native reader of American English.

Brian W