Too simplistic. Did today's billionaires invent the monetary system? If we didn't live in a cooperative society there would be no wealth; we'd still be cavemen. People in positions of advantage can play the system and reap disproportionate benefits from the social cooperative. When a significant minority of people are excluded from opportunity they have nothing to lose by resorting to criminality and anarchy - except their miserable lives.
The other option is to leave and go to another location. If a state is so wealth disproportionate, then it citzens can leave and go to another location where oportunity still exists. Opportunity is closing up in the states. It is turning more into a feudal state where as where and what family you are born into will determine what type of life you will lead. Nothing has changed in the last 6000+ years of humanity, nor will it ever. Akuma
The problem with this is that the number of places where opportunity exists that will accept immigrants is dwindling. Definitely, the U.S. is a titular democracy at best; it's really a plutocracy - at all levels of government.
Fuck the poor! All you Free loading ass clowns on this site kill me. The Rich you speak off, are stealing from more than just your sorry broke asses. For those of us who make good money, we get bent over more than most of you fools. 38% for top tax bracket (which starts at a measly income of 100k) is still more than 15% or 28% in taxation that most of you ass clowns pay. Not to mention, 1000 plus Luxury Taxs on certain cars, et all. Class war? Bring that shit on! OBAMA has already created the battle field. All you idiots living in the East Coast and Mid West are feeling the " lower Class revolting" and how is that working out for you? Flash Mobs, robbing, beating and killing. Every time I read the news, Phili, Chicago, Nyc, et all, taken over by the "Revolting Class". Soon, the war zone will widen and half of you idiots who pretend to be something on ET, will be robbed, beat up, robbed again while you live in those "FREE LOADING" and SOCIALISTIC cities. BRING THAT SHIT DOWN HERE. I have a few "Items" that will stop your "Revolting Class" dead in their tracks. RON PAUL IN 2012 otherwise WAR ZONE in those beautiful and lovely cities in the news everyday.
did not take your meds this morning? I see, now take the blue pill and chill. Those who tote guns will first be shot (i.e live by the sword, die by the sword) If you are in TX, you are not too far from some Mexican drug gang, and telling them, "BRING IT ON" is not the smartest policy....
Peil, your remarks make no sense whatsoever. You're not stupid. You must realize that disparity in income has virtually nothing to do with who works hard and who doesn't, but rather with the choices we make as individuals and which activities are compensated to a greater extent and which to a lesser. Supply and demand, and external factors such as collective bargaining, lobbying, political and trade group influence, etc. enter into the picture as well. These latter factors are largely beyond an individual's power to control regardless of how hard one works. Throughout history there has always been lazy people and industrious people. The growing disparity in income in the U.S.A. should be of concern to everyone, especially to the wealthy.
Yes, when discussing the political structure of the U.S. Federal Government, the word democracy belongs either in quotations or as a historical footnote. We have never elected a President democratically, and now with the advent of safe House districts (a Tom Delay initiative) the House of Representatives is becoming increasingly less democratic. And , of course, the pervading influence of corporate money in both houses makes true democracy in our Federal congress a distant memory. I used to chuckle whenever George Bush the younger started prattling about bringing democracy to Iraq. I thought he should try it out at home first to see if he liked it.
Poverty in the United states hides under a veil. As long as subsidies are distributed (including pensions), you don't know who is well off or poor. In fact, more likely you think a poor guy is wealthy by the way he talks up his game. History says that the poor is exposed when the ponzi cracks which is always the middle class who think they have wealth but don't.