American wealth distribution - is this a problem

[BangedUp]

OK, so what is the solution?

Equal wealth distribution?

 

[Ffactor]

Most poor who vote republican do so because they own guns and like owning guns and often use them to get their food ( as in hunting).

I vote republican because I like owning my guns, and I hate the UN along with some blatant party lines I'll spare you the time of reading them.

Except in an online environment I don't know many people who walk a different walk. But then I don't walk through many trailer parks or ghettos.

I think most poor WHITE people vote republican because of issues like affirmative action and welfare and gun control. Poor BLACKS typically do not vote republican.

 

[Code]

Yes, half the country that is under $26k is lazy and indigent. That must be it.

90% of the country is under $80,000 per year. 80K is not really that much.

If the people dragging our national average income down would spend more time educating themselves or doing what it takes to earn more money rather than bitching and moaning about their situation this would be a useful debate.

And yes, I think that if you're happy making 26k a year and not relying on tax-payer funded welfare systems, then maybe they're not lazy.

And 26k is indigent by definition.

Truth of the matter is, it's mostly college freshman taking courses at liberal community colleges who get more upset at the distribution of wealth than the poor.

 

[Prometheus]

Inequality of wealth has existed since the dawn of history, and will always continue. Attempts to eliminate it have only, at best, reduced the overall standard of living and bankrupted the society implementing them.

THe best that can be hoped for is a system where equal opportunity of wealth exists. Although imperfect, the US has had the most equal-opportunity system, hence its success.

It remains to be seen how long that will last, between interference from misguided do-gooders forcing charity by legislation and outright theft and abuse of the Constitutional framework by those in power.

 

[A.R. DIAMOND]

I have a problem with your guys generalizations.

All people who make under a certain amount of money are lazy and indigent.

Now I come from wealth but am not ignorant to realize that the country is powered by the working class.

We have owned the Worlds Largest Television and Record Cabinet producing firm in the country for 47 years now.

The hardest working people I know work in our factories for around 30 grand.

Im sure working at Mcdonalds is more stressful and difficult than what some of you guys are currently doing.(wasting time on the internet)

Never ever criticize another man for his occupation.YOU do not know what he has been through.Perhaps he got injured and has had a brain operation.Never step on someone or ridicule a working man.

I can clearly see with your attitudes why some of you will never be in the .1%. You lack an understanding of what makes a business run.Good luck finding people to work under you with the "im better than you mentality".

Andrew Carnegie,JD Rockefeller and JP morgan would all be turning over in their graves.Some of you obviously lack what these men had.

 

[GinNJuice]

Matt, I see you've ignored my replies.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

If the people dragging our national average income down would spend more time educating themselves or doing what it takes to earn more money rather than bitching and moaning about their situation this would be a useful debate.

And yes, I think that if you're happy making 26k a year and not relying on tax-payer funded welfare systems, then maybe they're not lazy.

And 26k is indigent by definition.

Truth of the matter is, it's mostly college freshman taking courses at liberal community colleges who get more upset at the distribution of wealth than the poor.

You'd be complainging if you only made $26K a year.

If so much of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of relatively few people, how can those on the lower end get any of it? what should they do? Whenever someone makes money, someone loses it. We can't all make $1m per year. Not possible.

Taxpayer funding for welfare is less than 1% of the federal budget, so why is that such a big deal?

 

[Doktor Bollix]

OK, so what is the solution?

Equal wealth distribution?

Not the solution. In socialist Scandinavian countries during the 70's and 80's the lifestyle of the average person compared favorably with the average American. But people in top jobs CEO's etc got paid badly by American standards, and this was de-motivating. Why work so hard to achieve if there is no pay-off?

 

[Lestat]

Good thread.

 

[Code]

Andrew Carnegie,JD Rockefeller and JP morgan would all be turning over in their graves.Some of you obviously lack what these men had.

OUCH, bad bad examples.

Carnegie invented the concept of corporate owned towns and company stores. He faced more than one riot because of terribly skewed working conditions. He was egotistical to boot. He cared very very little for those working for him.

Nice try though, you did manage to come off as holier than thou though.