Wealth Inequality in America

[AnthonyW86]

Mr Puggsly said:

AnthonyW86 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

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.

People should be more focused on making a decent living and less concerned with the super wealthy. If you make 70K-100K, you have enogh money to live well.

I'm not bothered 1% of the country has so much money. But I'm very bothered a much larger chunk of our population don't make an effort to lift themselves out of poverty.

There are lazy people yes, but also alot of people who can't find jobs. And the point is that one person earning a lot of money actually costs jobs. If someone earns say 1 million a year, cutting that salary in half would allow to pay 10 people 50K a year. That's 10 people less living off wellfare, and 1 person earning 500k and 10 earning 50k is better for the economy than 1 person earning 1 million.