That’s why if you could magically transfer all of the money from the rich to the poor, the rich would have it all back, and then some within a few years.
Well, that is how they got rich, after all. They couldn’t leverage labor and resources to gain wealth if people didn’t lose theirs somewhere else.*
*Disclaimer: I’m not saying that appropriate resource management can’t benefit everyone (as I feel it does), I’m merely saying the elite that we currently have, ALL (or very nearly so) have made their money from the movement of the labor and fruits of the poor/middle class into their hands. Long gone are the days of freedom and the “American Dream,” all growth is quashed except that of nearly unaccountable corporations who leave only enough to irk out a life, through sympathetic government interference and over regulation. A sad situation indeed. Our Founders revolted for far, far more miniscule actions, because they understood the principles behind what was taking place.