Economic inequality biggest reason for violence. Not gun laws.

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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?