I will have to disagree with you there. When the economy is being deliberately rigged to siphon off all wealth past present and future into the pockets of a very tiny group of already extremely-well-off people.
Nobody begrudges a person who makes their wealth honestly, but that’s not how wealth is made these days. You try to make wealth honestly today, you get the whole alphabet soup of government agencies come in to destroy anything you’ve built. If you try to make wealth by some form of legalized scam, then you’re golden in this political economy.
99% of income gains since the 2008 crisis have gone to the top 1% of the wealth holders, in an economy which is thoroughly politicized. It is the politics, not merit, which is driving the movement of wealth away from the bulk of the people and into the hands of this class of financial grifters.
If you want to make serious big money today, you get the government to take it away from someone else. These ain’t the Reagan Years anymore.
What you are describing is an economy that is the natural result of the policies instituted by those persons that are “concerned” about the wealth gap. When they show that “concern” they are really empowering themselves to become part of the elite rulers.....
I’ll stick with Margaret Thatchers response to the marxists:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnOGaQX04Cs