Your neighbor works harder, makes sacrifices & makes more than you? Then get off your ass and work harder. Make your OWN sacrifices.
It's not all that easy.
We live in a world in which the regulatory burdens on entry-level entrepreneurship can be severe.
Suppose, for example, you've no education, no training, no connections, but you have a car that runs. You know there are elderly shut-ins who'd be thrilled to have some help with their groceries. So you start a service, driving them to the store, helping them shop, and helping them get their groceries back home. You build a clientele, build a viable business, and wham...
The city slaps you with a fine because you don't have a taxi license.
Didn't say it was. My point is,some people work their ass off to make things happen. Others, do the least they can, then cry when others make more than them.
I worked 2 jobs for 6 years and put myself through college. Am I now supposed to feel bad because Mr. X chose not to go to school and makes less than me?
Indeed, but redistributionist programs do nothing to alleviate such problems, and instead help protect those who benefit from the imposition of such burdens from prospective political challengers who would seek to eliminate them.