Posted on 06/14/2005 3:44:47 PM PDT by zencat
The income gap between the rich and the rest of the US population has become so wide, and is growing so fast, that it might eventually threaten the stability of democratic capitalism itself.
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As if the gap defines wealth or standard of living. Compare the "poor" in this nation to the real poor in others. Poverty in America can only be self-created.
A natural mathematical function of a growing economy and growing wealth of the people is a growing gap between rich and poor. Can't be helped.
Received??? Share???
Whatever happened to EARNED.
Such Marxist, communist, socialist bias by the author.
In dirt-power societies, there is no wealth gap.
If Bill Gates is worth billions, that does not affect my wealth. If the Government decides it must regulate how much wealth a person can earn, that affects the economic freedom we all have and that does affect my wealth.
Remember when you can't use the "worst economy since Hoover" line they gotta figure out another angle. The "rich and poor gap" and the plight of the homeless only find their way into the media during Republican administrations.
Old and tired. Just like the ideology they all believe in.
I saw somewhere that some 40% of Americans live under the $34,00 (on the family of four scale). That's astounding considering the fact that so many families have more than one person out in the workforce.
It really brings home the obscenity of the worst executive salaries.
The "Alive/Dead" gap is pretty huge too - and L Ron Hubbard - still dead.
Greenspan is rightfully pointing out that something is dreadfully wrong with our education system. The liberals do not want to hear this and would prefer to say that he is ignoring other issues. They are looking for a way to Deanspin this into a class warfare issue. Greenspan is right. The public education experiment has failed. It's time to let go and move on to something that works.
I don't know what that image is, but it's really gross.
custom 'barf alert' reminder
Explain to me why executive salaries are anybody's concern besides the shareholders of the companies by whom the executives are employed.
BTW, how come nobody complained a few years back when Barbra Streisand got $20 million for a one night performance. How come nobody talked about the gap between what she made that night and what the guy who swept up the ailes after everybody went home got?
Ah! Appropriate.
I assume it is the well deserved "[Barf Alert!]" missing from this thread's title.
The solution is for the poor to get their collective thumbs out of their butts, get to work, and earn more.
Rich poor gap my a$$. Class warfare, period:
http://www.freedomkeys.com/gap.htm
Great tagline!
You can't import 15-20 million illegal 3rd world immigrants (and constantly beg for more) and then not expect to have an income gap.
"Radical left-wing organization using inherently biased methodology arrives at predictable results. Film at 11".
What a paradox. We import them, our INCOME GAP expands while their INCOME expands ten fold.
Yup, back home the illegal might make $5-$7 day vs. at least that much per hour here. It ain't rocket science why they come. I would too if I were them.
I've got an uncle from Tennessee, raised up in Alabama, a big time gun rights guy, sort of a libertarian I guess. He's been going on about this income gap thing. He's disgruntled due to real bad chronic heart problems, a failed marriage, an insolent child, trouble paying medical bills or staying employed. I guess we can only take so much of a beating. Income gaps aren't my beef. I think much bigger than that. My beefs are death and pain. But Epictetus teaches me to try not to concern myself with those things, because I cannot control them. But income gaps? The CEO of my company makes like 23 million a year plus perks. And yet, I sorta feel like I'm getting one over on em for making what I make, which is a decent 5 figure income. I'm happy with my lifestyle, so I don't have an economic axe to grind. I guess that's why my enemies are those hard to accept, out of my control aspects of life: death and pain.
Gag me
Not including liberal and RINO?
That "barf" thing is REALLY NASTY.
I think I'd prefer to see the "Aw Jeeeez" guy instead.
:^)
Exactly, but other than Fox news who is going to report that?
Ping
Additionally the income/wealth gap does not consider the difference between the long employed and the recently employed. In other words, people who have worked all their lives have more money than people who are just starting out. But people who are just starting out expect to be wealthy one day. As well they should.
Would Fox news even report that? It doesn't bleed and it's not sex, that would put it at the bottom of the order for every news show. I supposed Britt Hume might mention it in passing once. Always remember there's a reason it's "TV news" not "news on TV", the TV comes first.
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