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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 11:13 AM
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119. That is false. The purpose of an economy is to have a means of distributing resources.
That breaks down when too few have to large a share of the money.

If you don't think there is an issue with 400 having more resources than 150 million then I don't know what to tall you. The pie is not infinite. If a millionth of one percent eat half of it then the other 99.999999% are going to have some slim pickings.

Once you get past the top 20% the rest of us have about nothing. The bottom 40% must get by on 5% or less. Your post is illogical or predicated on infinite available and distributed resources.

Envy has nothing to do with it, there is too little activity and too many fighting over slivers while a few have so much they puke at every meal, eat the puke, and run off with the buffet, table and all. The system falls apart when too few have too much and blows to Kingdom Come once they have no effective benefit from investment.
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