Reply #3: there are all kinds of rich people..they are people after all [View All]

[stevebreeze]

some inherit some have worked very hard....
To me the point is capitalism does not distribute wealth based on merit to society, but by power. We need some of the stop-gaps we used to have to more equitably distribute wealth in this country. A far more progressive tax structure, stronger union laws, a higher minimum wage(tied to a realistic poverty level) are all good beginnings.

That we have such a disparity of wealth demonstrates a failing of democracy. This is not just to dollar democracy but to media deregulations such as the removal of the equal time provision.