Wry Catcher
Diamond Member
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- #201
1- What "entitlements" do the rich receive?The fact is we live in a regulated market economy with benefits paid by most of us to some of us. The recipients are the poor and the wealthy (the investor class). Those who provide the entitlements to both...
2- What portion of "entitlements" to the poor are paid by the rich?
As for question number two, that is nothing more than a red herring; it matters not what the rich provide the poor, unless the concept of Noblesse Oblige is factored into the discussion.
The point being the middle class - as a much greater segment of the population, and whose wealth is a product of their labor - put more into the economy in terms of labor, producton and taxes than the investor class.
As for number one, anyone who denies the wealthy have increased access to decision makers and the ability to influence law to their advantage must live in a cave.
We are a nation well on its way to becoming a Plutocracy, a much much greater likelihood then remaining a mixed economy.