[Jeffrey_D.]

""Americans overwhelmingly say the growing gap between rich and poor has become a serious national concern, a sentiment that may bolster Democrats' plans to narrow the income divide when they take control of Congress.""


What these idiots just don't get is that in not tooo many years, the "Dreaded Gap" will be right back.......

for reasons understood by FReepers!

[rightinthemiddle]

Class envy. Jealousy. Class warfare.

This is how Communists and Socialists have taken control throughout history.

Now, capitalists have become the despised elite "royalty." The difference is, most of them earned it.

[dfwgator]

In a free economy, the gap is simply a function of the gap in ambition. Some paths simply are more lucrative than others, and in this country, people have the freedom to choose their path. Some paths lead to riches, others, not.

Other countries try to limit this, by limiting educational opportunities, and impose strict controls and what companies can do. They look at it as balancing freedom for security.

But the lessons of history clearly show, that those who trade freedom for security, in the end, get neither.