Posted on 10/28/2011 11:28:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai
but is NOT happening....
"skills" are not being rewarded...the political class has seen to it that the unqualified, the underqualified, the "selected" are sought after, NOT the most qualified...
and the other thing that capitalism presupposed is that the market is brutal to everyone...not just American goods and services...but to everyone's ....that laws are not enacted to put foreigners at huge advantages....
crony capitalism is what we have now...
and with that, YES the rich do amass great wealth at the expense of the legitimate workers...
that is ecomonics...period...
a big mistake is thinking that because some extremely lucky few...like Oprah....who btw has no significant talent except she was a black woman at the right time....that just anybody can do it...
I love it when I get a thoughtful reply like yours on here. That is how FR is supposed to be, the way it used to be all the time. Thanks.
“The question is, have we created such a disparity that we have picked off the middle class, “
Just like during the Gilded Age. to survive and regenerate, the middle class will have to learn solid skills and then live according to their means. Businesses that used to employ laborers at a solid wage/salary to fund a lifestyle have been used as bank accoutns for lawsuits and a lot of people have forced companies to pay for vanity procedures. Back to learning the value of the dollar through hard work, not through a degree or a cushy position in an office. Back to working if you have to and time for people to stop living like the leisure class if they can’t afford to.
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