[gunsequalfreedom]

If you factor in celebrity salaries and the disparity between the rich and poor in California, I would certainly have to say that yes, there is a disparity. The Gilded Age in that area has certainly been reborn and then there is the dot com billionaires and a lot of the other people who made it rich, but ended up not really doing anything other than being in the right place at the right time.

The question is, have we created such a disparity that we have picked off the middle class, wiped out the middle class that has been the economic driver of the American economy, made the country the great place that it is (or was depending on the point of view one takes).

[Niuhuru]

“The question is, have we created such a disparity that we have picked off the middle class, “

Just like during the Gilded Age. to survive and regenerate, the middle class will have to learn solid skills and then live according to their means. Businesses that used to employ laborers at a solid wage/salary to fund a lifestyle have been used as bank accoutns for lawsuits and a lot of people have forced companies to pay for vanity procedures. Back to learning the value of the dollar through hard work, not through a degree or a cushy position in an office. Back to working if you have to and time for people to stop living like the leisure class if they can’t afford to.