Posted on 12/08/2013 9:14:28 AM PST by grundle
If you could abolish income inequality, or poverty, but not both, which one would you choose?
Scenario #1: Income inequality has been abolished, but poverty remains.
Scenario #2: Poverty has been abolished, but income inequality remains.
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Nope.
No hits for you, cupcake.
This is a trick question and not worth answering.
LOL
Pretty stupid proposition isn’t it?
The poor you will always have with you.
Try effort inequality.
The Left doesn't care if there are poor people -- they just want everyone to be at the same level.
The Rigth doesn't care if some people have more success than others -- they just want a viable path out of poverty.
I thought the Left claimed they were one and the same?
I would vote for Admin Moderator.
Well, to be fair...communist revolutions do tend to make most people equally poor (aside from those in power), making scenario #1 kinda/sorta happen.
Stupid question both statements mean the same thing.
It’s designed to make socialists feel good about themselves.
I would take all the money and run!
Obviously inequality would be much less of a potent selling point if no one were actually poor...
If I could just abolish stuff, everyone would be going around saying, “Remember the Democrat party?”.
The biggest inequality is not between the man who has ten dollars the the man who has ten million it is between the man who has a biscuit and the man who has none.
I don’t understand the premise of the question.
Poverty in America is far different from poverty in 3rd world countries. The poor in America have a basic social safety net.
We’ve done a lot in that whole war on poverty area. Not sure what else we can do to eliminate American poverty. Which as noted, is far better than being poor in the 3rd world.
Regarding income inequality, tougher, more difficult jobs, jobs with higher levels of responsibility pay more than low paying “hired help” types of jobs. I don’t see that inequality as any sort of problem to be solved. I want corporate CEOs and neurosurgeons to earn far more than clerks in a store.
What if you could get rid of economic ignorance?
Who gets to define “poverty” and “income inequality?”
Probably bloggers.
Stupid question.
Where does the ‘income’ come from? Hard work? Luck? The government (taxes)?
For true income equality, the beginning McDonald’s employee would have to get the same amount as the speaker of the House. I don’t think the politicians will go for that.
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