Ok, so my take is much more simple. Hard work, good old fashioned economics is how one gets ahead. Hedge funds, day trading, deep thought investing. No Thank You.
I think, at this point neither side is likely to listen, much less agree, on any subject other than their dislike for each other.
The greatest income inequality is in socialist countries like Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, and China.
The healthiest and most vibrant economies have a large range of incomes, with most of the income in the center.
To me, the entire thing is based on the concept that an equal distribution of income is a good thing. Really? History is strewn with the wreckage of such social experiments from New Harmony and Walden to modern-day Venezuela. Kill economic incentive to improve one’s income and you destroy the underlying economic and political system.