So what?
I'm still trying to figure out why so many people want to live their life jealous. Seems like a bitterness that can breed nothing positive.
Also, I've always wondered why authors of "income inequality" studies don't just come out and say: "the wealthy have stolen from the poor, we need to take from the wealthy to equalize all outcomes." That is the unstated, but obvious point.
I am content that I will never be in the 1% of wage earners in this country (and yes, I realize "wealth" and "wage earner" statistics are different), but I have no problem with those who are. By and large, the very wealthy earned everything they have.
I will not get into specifics, but as the grandson of a farmer who was never what anyone would call "well off", the son of a self-educated man who was solidly middle class, whose greatest gift to me was a "can do" attitude and a work ethic, I'm proof positive that just about anyone can make it to a comfortable income level if they apply themselves and have a plan...in this country at least....for now.
If government would lower the tax rate, maybe there would be incentive for the rich to invest creating a job for me.
I thought capitalism was about you creating a job for yourself?
You would be wrong. Capitalism is about buying something as cheap as possible and selling it for as much as possible
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Let me guess, public educations?
And the 1% in America pay 36% of their income in federal taxes. What a world we live in where folks are villified for their success.
Hey OP, did the wealthy get that money by stealing it from you? No? Then **** off. I get REALLY annoyed by this wealth envy bull**** from pathetic, worthless losers who live in their mommy's basement. I prefer to have my paycheck signed by somebody rich enough to cover it. I'm not gainfully employed by poor people. I provide a valuable service to my employer, and am compensated for it accordingly. I am by NO means "rich", or even "well off", but I live comfortably within my means, and keep my bills paid. Despite what the idiotic lefties would have you think, most poor people are that way through their own actions, and choices. But then again, going out and acquiring skills and education with which to better yourself is much harder than *****ing about the "wealthy" on the internet. I understand that hating the rich is a useful tactic for imbeciles that don't understand the first thing about free market economics, but grow the **** up and live in the real world.