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the_dengle said:
You're right, all wealth should be redistributed completely evenly so that there is no such thing as economic inequality. Then there would be no violence! Problem solved.


Please tell me you're not serious.



 

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KillerMan said:
It's pretty sad that there are actually people defending the huge wealth gap of US compared to other developed countries.


Like with gun control issues, people usually try to defend problems within the nation. 



 

sperrico87 said:
the_dengle said:
You're right, all wealth should be redistributed completely evenly so that there is no such thing as economic inequality. Then there would be no violence! Problem solved.


Please tell me you're not serious.



No he is taking this thread to a extreme that no one brought up or even mentioned. Basically he is flaming and trying to mislead the thread.



spaceguy said:
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
Go communism...?



Not at all. Universal health care. How about a International Minimum wage, safe working habits. If you don't want to do this then you don't get to join the international market for cruelty to your people. Republicans have done a great job pushing extremes in people's mind. WOW!!! Be really scared, there going to take you guns and hey lets call people names that are no where close to where there ideas lie. Not you, just ranting.

You realize, don't you, that an international minimum wage is akin to NWO and that it is in lamens terms perhaps the most dangerous idea to ever be suggested.  You're suggesting getting rid of all but one currency.  How do you suppose that would go?  You're talking about fundamentally altering the economic and monetary laws that govern individual countries, and forcing them all to be the same.  You're in essence suggesting that there be only one country on Earth.



 

All humans should die then all problems should be solved.  If you are more rich than others then they will be jealous of you.  If you are more poor than others then you will be jealous of them.  If you are dead then there will be no jealousy.



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spaceguy said:
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
Go communism...?



Not at all. Universal health care. How about a International Minimum wage, safe working habits. If you don't want to do this then you don't get to join the international market for cruelty to your people. Republicans have done a great job pushing extremes in people's mind. WOW!!! Be really scared, there going to take you guns and hey lets call people names that are no where close to where there ideas lie. Not you, just ranting.

Please explain how you are going to enforce a minimum wage of, say, $8 per hour (less than Britain and most US states), in India or China, where quite often that is how much people earn in a week. Different countries have different levels of prosperity and different living wages. What you propose would be insanity.



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The issue is more to do with education not allowing these people to escape a cycle of poverty. Making cash by slinging drugs seems more appealing then spending your adult life in McDonalds.



spaceguy said:
the_dengle said:
spaceguy said:
the_dengle said:
You're right, all wealth should be redistributed completely evenly so that there is no such thing as economic inequality. Then there would be no violence! Problem solved.



No one said that. Just pay people better, You know a living wage. Not peanuts. The CEO's don't need to make 200 million a year and yes they do with stock options. Thats how they hide what they make. It will say 25 million on pay but with stock options it's way higher.

It's not a all or nothing approach. It's not being a greedy f--k. The tops that make that type of money and want more is a disease, not a good business man but someone who has a mental issue.  I would never need that much and if I did I would be Like bill gates and work full time to make sure my money was helping thousands of people but one person can't do it. Goverments have to do it.

But without total redistribution there would still be inequality. And since inequality is the reason and method by which crazy people go postal and start massacring innocents, the only solution is to do away with inequality entirely. Hence, socialism.

You never going to stop violence but atleast you can put the breaks on. No I think people should be paid for there work. Just minor tweaks would help us achieve this. A higher national minimum wage, better options for health care. Free education or close to, we should want to educate our people. SO if you want to make great money. You can do so but have to work hard at it.


I'd like to suggest to you, just for a moment, that you take a step back and consider the ramifications of all these ideas you think will "fix" things.  Raising the minimum wage leads to more layoffs and higher food prices.  We've seen this time and time again.  Companies that employ minimum wage workers will not simply absorb the cost of higher wages.  They will pass the higher cost onto the consumer so that it doesn't affect their bottom line.  Government-enfored wage and price controls destroy free enterprise and are anathema to capitalism.  Health care and education funding are tied to the budget, which are paid for by tax revenues.  Free education isn't really free.  You use the word "free" as if it actually means that, but we both know it doesn't.  Working-class people (us) have to be taxed in order to fund all of that.  Why not just let people pay for their own education if they choose to pursue it?  Why force everyone to be taxed in order to provide something that not everyone wants or needs?



 

KillerMan said:

It's pretty sad that there are actually people defending the huge wealth gap of US compared to other developed countries.

That's because it really doesn't matter. The average American lives well. Even a lot of the poor live quite well.  The poor that suffer often do so due to bad decisions they make. There are plenty of opportunities for the poor who truly want contribute to society.

I don't blame the rich for some poor people acting like animals.



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