That makes a nice, pandering story, but it's really a very very complex.
There's some truth in the idea that the rich get richer, faster than the rest of us. But today, in a practical sense, what does it mean for someone to have much more money than I do?
And what causes it? It's certainly not that some plutocracy is holding our heads below water, as much some people like to paint that picture.
There's some truth in the idea that the rich get richer, faster than the rest of us. But today, in a practical sense, what does it mean for someone to have much more money than I do?
And what causes it? It's certainly not that some plutocracy is holding our heads below water, as much some people like to paint that picture.
I'd encourage you to read this article, which has a pretty insightful analysis of where this inequality originates, and why: http://www.the-american-interest.com/article-bd.cfm?piece=90...