Jeff McCann wrote
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SoCalMike wrote
Sgt.Sausage wrote
Anything else is simply theft -- rob from the rich to feed the poor.
the rich get rich on the backs of the poor.
Well, the poor can always do what the rich did.
Start their own business, risk everything they own, and hope they don't go
belly up.
Or, they can sit around and whine and ask Uncle Sugar to save them.
The vast majority of wealth in America in private hands is inherited wealth.
Wrong, the vast bulk of it has been accumulated by the individual,
and is the house they are paying off and their retirement savings.
The above is typical of the Social-Darwinist myth put out by the rich to the
effect that that the rich are rich because they deserve to be rich, because
they earned their money by working for it. Nothing could be further from the
truth. For every self-made multi-millionaire, there are probably hundreds of
worthless, Paris Hilton-like, trust fund brats out there.
Sure, but they are always a tiny part of the total number
of individuals in any modern first world country.
They don't even usually have brains enough to manage their own investment
portfolios and require professional management to do it for them.
Just as true of most individuals.
Thus, their wealth may grow while in their hands, but it is a rare occasion
when the owner of that wealth had anything to do with it.
Just as true of most individuals.