richardhutnik on 13 January 2012
| HappySqurriel said: The debate on inequality is (often) formed incorrectly in order to promote the redistribution of wealth, when the real question about inequality is whether there are structural discrimination preventing people from making decisions that will lead to them earning more money. If there is no structural discrimination than the redistribution of wealth is punishing a successful individual for making good decisions that lead to their success to reward other individuals who made poor decisions that led to their failure; in contrast, if there is structural discrimination why wouldn't you address that rather than simply trying to gloss over the problem through the redistribution of wealth? |
In order to discuss the issue, and have meaningful action be determined to address it, it has to be recognized as both existing and a problem. It is true that an action to address an issue can be merely treating symptoms, rather than causes.
As it is now there is both debates over whether or not it exists at all, and is a problem. Consider talk by Mitt Romney for example, who calls it merely envy:
http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/12/news/economy/romney_envy/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2
