[Graybeard58]

with 1 percent controlling 24 percent of American income

I did not click the link. Did the butt munch mention later in the article what percent of income taxes are paid by that 1% or how many jobs are created by that 1%?

I am not in that 1%, nor do I envy them or even care how much wealth they have.

[Chunga85]

"I did not click the link. Did the butt munch mention later in the article what percent of income taxes are paid by that 1% or how many jobs are created by that 1%?"

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I guess you didn't bother to read the original article either.

Let's quote it again...and I'll take the liberty of adding some emphasis.

"Is that capitalism?," he complains. "Go compete in a competitive arena. Don't go to Washington and say 'give me money' either by saying 'I don't have to pay taxes' or forcing other people to pay taxes that go to me. Go earn your money in the marketplace."

The wealth gap in America is outpacing much of the world. "Income inequality in the United States has soared ... with 1 percent controlling 24 percent of American income in 2007," New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof recently wrote. Kristof notes that's worse than "historically unstable countries like Nicaragua, Venezuela and Guyana."

If you had clicked the link you'd see a neat video that explains how this 1 % pays ZERO taxes. But as you've stated "nor do I envy them or even care how much wealth they have."

You don't care, you have not read the article, you have not clicked the link and yet have drawn the conclusion that this guy is a "butt munch".

Sounds like a pretty typical response. Has anyone ever seen a t-shirt with a sarcasm tag? I want to buy one.