Juergen Hannappel wrote:

Duane Bozarth writes:

[...]

Well, in actuality it isn't so different except in relative starting
points---there are still sizable populations of disadvantaged in every
country of which I am aware and I know of no magic bullet to make those
on the lower rungs to become content to remaining there in
perpetuity....

Of course leveling the standard of living has to go in both
directions: better for the poor, worse for the rich.

Globally speaking, all of us in the west are rich.

Well, that change in human nature has eluded all who've tried it so far
and likely will continue to do so. Not much use in wishing for what
will never be...



W/ apologies to Garrison Keeler, your scenario asks for a situation
where ".. all families' incomes are above average."

We should aim at getting average and median closer togeher.

....

That's an aim directly targetted by most developed nations' tax
structure--but it's not clear that punitively taxing the upper echelon
actually does anything to actually promote the objective.