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sc94597 on 15 January 2014
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Rab said:
sc94597 said:

As for the Human Development Index, Australia isn't very far ahead when one doesn't consider "economic inequality" (IHDI.) 

 

 

Your taking out one of the leading if not the most important barometers of a societies well being

Economic inequality can not be ignored 

 

What does the influence of lobbyists (which can have nothing to do with the 1% : see NRA) have to do with Human Development Index? 

I'm sorry, as long as the government has the power it does there will always be an establishment who takes advantages of the economic special interests it has to offer. Look at congress, most members of congress don't go in as millionaires, yet they come out as millionaires. Why? Because they set up for themselves government contracts, and deals which reward them for favors. This would be true regardless of the income inequality of a society, unless of course we're talking about utopian communism where money is abolished and everybody is allocated equal resources. How must we fix it? Remove the power of economic special interests from the governments plethora of powers. Otherwise, regardless of the income distribution you will find this same corruption.