[End The Hypocrisy]

One answer may be that the concentration of wealth has become increasingly concentrated within the wealthiest 1% of our population, and they've kept the USA from banning soft money campaign contributions that were implemented over half a decade ago even in countries like Mexico. The top 1%'s wealth abounds, but it's deceptive to think that most others share in such wealth just because their hording society's currency has boosted their own holdings. When saying that, I do NOT advocate anything even remotely resembling socialism. But paying down the $6.3 trillion dollar national debt, for example, seems like a higher priority than cow-towing to the exceedingly wealthy at every turn. They consider everyone else to be peasants and rabble for the most part, and covet our envy. It's their right to do so, but it's our right to democratically further our own political agendas too.

Food for thought...

[MHGinTN]

There is an element of envy in our equation, however, that drives people to believe so many 'things' are a necessity now. Perhaps our dependence upon these 'things' that build the wealth for a few cause the many to chase phantom eaze?