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2 Comments on If you thought income inequality was bad in the United States, wait until you see it on a global scale
Why does it matter how much people make? Why does it matter how much less other people make? This is why I will never understand Occupy Wall Street; I was always taught to strive to be in the 1%. The far left seems to not appreciate what the 1% does for the world. That statement probably sounds crazy to most leftists, especially the young leftists who have not been out in the workforce. Its not a matter of how hard you work, all Americans work hard, but how marketable you make yourself.
Kevin, Please explain how hedge fund managers make our world a better place? They break up companies, ship our jobs overseas so that people who won’t get a decent wage or rudimentary healthcare can produce goods that were originally produced here by middle class Americans. They take hundreds of millions of dollars – usually in pensions and real company value, that was going to the people who worked there – pocket it themselves, get a discount tax rate for it and move their investments out of our nation. Exactly what value do these people bring to America?
Why does it matter how much people make? Why does it matter how much less other people make? This is why I will never understand Occupy Wall Street; I was always taught to strive to be in the 1%. The far left seems to not appreciate what the 1% does for the world. That statement probably sounds crazy to most leftists, especially the young leftists who have not been out in the workforce. Its not a matter of how hard you work, all Americans work hard, but how marketable you make yourself.
Kevin, Please explain how hedge fund managers make our world a better place? They break up companies, ship our jobs overseas so that people who won’t get a decent wage or rudimentary healthcare can produce goods that were originally produced here by middle class Americans. They take hundreds of millions of dollars – usually in pensions and real company value, that was going to the people who worked there – pocket it themselves, get a discount tax rate for it and move their investments out of our nation. Exactly what value do these people bring to America?