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Inequality

LaMidRighter said:
Is it that rich people's salaries are increasing or is it that they are investing wisely and using their money to make money. The fact is that in capitalism anyone can make it, whether it involves risk, hard work or the like, and to believe that anyone is holding the poor down other than themselves is not a fair or true statement. Long story short, monetary "inequality" will always exist and there is no way to change that which would be fair or just, why should people who are better off be forced to "share" a large percentage of their earnings just to make someone else feel better?

In capitalism a few lucky make it. Paying taxes isn't making someone feel better it's often helping them stay alive.
 
josh said:
In capitalism a few lucky make it. Paying taxes isn't making someone feel better it's often helping them stay alive.
To say someone was lucky is not acceptable in an argument about money, no one gets to the millionaire level in this life without some brains behind them, whether they have the brains or rent the use of someone else's someone formed a gameplan that made money(lottery winners being the exception) this is just a liberal trick to trivialize the accomplishments of the wealthy and foster jealousy amongst the worst off.
As far as paying taxes to help someone survive, first question, why then is it that the wealthy are expected to pay anywhere from 43-51% of their earnings to the community, this is patently unfair and by it's very nature un-american(remember, this country came about because of taxation) and second question is, how is it the wealthy persons fault or responsibility to that person who more than likely did not invest in themself in life, just because they "have the means", ridiculous argument, kills investment, thus creating less jobs and more dependence on the "survival" contribution from the already overtaxed investors.
 
anomaly said:
Here's a good article showing the dangers of inequality and also the reasons that inequality will only rise in the USA as long as Republicans hold power: http://www.newsbatch.com/econ.htm .

You know you make a decent point in your post until you get to this part. If you look at the graphs on the link you provided. There is no direct correlation between Republicans holding power and inequality.

For example, share of wealth owned by 1% after going up during the Kennedy years actually goes down significantly during the Nixon years and then starts back up when Carter is elected.

The "gini" measure shows that the inequality did not stop or even slow down during the Clinton years.

Your bias is showing. :3oops:
 
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