Blame this. Blame that.

The goal of too many people in this country is equal outcome. The goal has been and still should be equal opportunity.

Big difference.

There will never be equal opportunity. Kids born into wealth always have a hand up. I'm not complaining about it. Just making a point. I Don't really care either way. Its just the way it is. The biggest thing that stops people from anything is themselves. The path may be harder for some, but if they want it bad enough, they can do most anything the set their minds to.

Quite unlikely that taxing high income persons more or corporations will change the wealth pyramid much if at all. I feel Bernie is really onto something that we have all not paid much or any attention to. In the past much of the wealth was created by manufacturing, farming, logging, mining etc. This type of wealth creation created a lot of employment and also utilized a lot of resources to make products which creates jobs and wealth too. Today we make a lot of money with just interest and shuffling monies that creates wealth but really does not make a lot of product or nearly the percentage as in the past. We have lost what Henry Ford realized early in his business life, I need to produce a car that my workers can afford to buy. Many on here really are hard on unions and union workers but companies were profitable when unions were stronger and wages as a portion of the GDP were percentage wise higher as well.

Bryce

This country hasn't practiced real capitalism for at least 50 years.

As long as our money is backed by debt and a central government gets bigger the divide will grow and grow and grow.

There will never be equal opportunity. Kids born into wealth always have a hand up. I'm not complaining about it. Just making a point. I Don't really care either way. Its just the way it is. The biggest thing that stops people from anything is themselves. The path may be harder for some, but if they want it bad enough, they can do most anything the set their minds to.

Paid cash for my 2001 and then my 2011 and then my 2013 and lastly my 2020 vehicle. We do not throw away money on stuff. You buy it you need to clean it and repair it. I have never had a used house. My wife and I looked at my first house I built in 1973, man does it ever still look great. Then the next house in 1984 and then another around 2004 and lastly 2015. Now we are done. So building new homes myself and still working full time. I love it but at age 73 I need to stop. Now I want to trap more but prices are not the best but I will trap. I build my own coon traps called coon catchers, they are more friendly than the griz. The younger generation just does not want to work harder. We have been blessed.

Wealth and money decisions are not what this topic is about.

The commoners need to get rid of the bloodsuckers.

No Blaine, go back and read the original post......the answer is yes, we are working harder for less money today. Wages have remained stagnant while cost of living has gone up. There are many people making a good wage, so they don't understand as their lifestyle is different. For most the population, that's not the case. This has nothing to do with the way they spend their money and how they live. Its just about wage and income. The other is a different topic all together.