Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
I was talking more in terms of Locke. Property accumulated by the capital and labor of a person is a product of a person's efforts (time) spend on its acquisition.

Thus, the burglar taking my TV is, by extension, taking the 2 hours of my life I spent earning the money to acquire it as well as some amortized portion of my education/training/etc. that fitted me to do the work for which I was compensated and with which compensation I purchased that TV.
Thanks, but that only works up to the point where the money multiplies itself so fast that you can't even work fast enough to earn it.
I mean at some amount of wealth, gaining more wealth is not quite coupled to effort anymore. At school (IIRC) they told us CEOs earn a lot because of their huge responsibility, but seeing how they get 20 million farewell gifts after they ruined the company, responsibility can't be it, because they have none.