Re:What if we tested laws before passing them?
by rue on Monday December 13, 2010 @05:58PM
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It implies that there is a disparity in effort vs. reward, which to many seems unfair (not to mention the truly rich have no need nor use for all their money).
It is not that rich people do not deserve riches (well, some don't). It is that the rest of the people do not deserve any less.
Re:What if we tested laws before passing them?
by yummyfajitas on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @08:55AM
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Not necessarily. It could also mean that people put in different levels of effort, and this determines their income.
At the bottom it is certainly true - the poor barely put in any effort at all. http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2008.pdf
Mr. Fajitas's distinction is important. Without it, the picture being drawn is one of a declining middle class; a trend that, if continued, will see us all digging in the dirt just to live. But this is woefully incorrect. We're all better off. The middle class has much more goods and leisure time. Even the poor have more.
Really, I have trouble seeing the problem here. As far as I can tell, the real objection is simply that the rich are getting richer at a faster rate than everyone else. And that seems like nothing but simple envy.