To General Walters, the issue is national security -- providing American planes, training, logistical support, doctrine and interoperability with an important ally, and one with a rich air force tradition, besides.
It would be a tragic mistake, however, for Mr. Duhalde to fuel Argentines' sense that theirs is a rich nation forced into poverty by outside forces.
Before raping and pillaging the land to get at the precious resources that will make them rich, armed forces of men subjugate local communities using rape, other sexual violence and murder as their tools.
A township leader conspires to get rich by forcing peasants to plant mulberry trees, for which he sells the seeds.
Jha made himself very rich by forcing Google to up its bid for MMI by a third.
Knowledge, as Jenkins writes, can make you feel rich without forcing open your pocketbook — can turn the world, once again, "vast and strange".
Unless the rich are forced to recycle their gains by taxation, productive investment will lag, any growth will be unsustainable, debts will go on growing and the next financial crisis will be even worse than the last.
After its election, due by June 3rd, Britain seems due for similar treatment, especially if the Conservatives take over from Labour.The list of rich countries forced into austerity by the markets is still short and confined to weaker members of the euro zone, not least because they cannot devalue their currencies.
When the rich feel forced to give, many will take evasive action and give less.
While the anti-tax movement has sought policy changes that benefit the rich, other forces have stigmatized the poor.
