Wealth Inequality in America

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AnthonyW86 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

AnthonyW86 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

My only concern is the poor have access to decent health care and food, they basically get both now.

At this point, maybe healthy poor people need to work harder... or work period.

Rich people don't create jobs. If you want everyone to work, make sure there are jobs to begin with.

The problem is it's like a lottery: most people don't argue with it because they think they have a chance of winning.

Tons of jobs exist for people with skills. More skilled people, more jobs taken.

I agree and developing skills should be rewarded, but isn't $200k/$300k tops enough? Are there skills that justify more than that? A lot of extremely highly educated people in the scientific world make $70k/$80k max. Even a lot of astronauts make less than $100k a year.

It doesnt matter matter whether super high incomes are justified or not. 

Those people own the company. They can pay their managers whatever they want and keep all the profit for themselfs if they want to. It has got nothing to do with comparing it to an astronaut or not. Its the whole point of capitalism. Whoever owns the company can do whatever he wants, because its his. Thats it. Arent americans and many other countries proud of this system?

The so called middle class wont complain a lot because they have tv games sex sport and food. Why risk anything when you can sit on the couch in the evening and kill time with stuff like that and go on a holiday once in a while.