That isn't true the rich have everything to do with the lives of people day to day...
The rich dictate what your income will be...because you work for them
The rich decide what the products you need to live will cost....
The rich decide what the taxes will be...
The rich decide what you read ..what you eat...and whether you live or not..
The rich control everything through monopolies and creating laws that grandfather them
in and excluding everyone else...
I could go on and on for hours but I'll save my time of something that's not as obvious as
THE RICH CONTROL EVERYONES LIVES IN THE US....PERIOD
i work for myself....
before, i worked in a privately held huge company, where i was second in command (and yes, my boss was wealthy)
he paid me very handsomely to help him run his company, so that now i can run my own
consumers decide most of those things....and WE make most of the wealthy
we decide what products and services to buy....and more importantly, which ones we wont buy
we decide whether or not to go to the huge mega stores owned by the mega corporations, or go to the local stores which hold a lot less items to choose from at slightly higher prices (we decide ALL OF THAT)
if you want to say that every legislator is bought and paid for...okay...i prefer to think we have a few honest ones out there
and no, they no longer control what you read, listen to, and such...UNLESS YOU LET THEM
there are so many people who self publish...we have one on this site
musicians are no longer beholden to big record labels....
and if you get all your news from MSNBC, FOX, and CNN i feel sorry for you
so no...really they dont control EVERYTHING....