There has to be a point when even pro capitalist folks and the millions of wannabe millionaires in the US start to think this is absurd.
In my book, NO individual or family on this planet should have wealth valued into the billions of dollars. I'm not saying governments or mobs with torches and pitchforks should levee laws to prevent this from happening; I'm saying that we a human beings in the global 21st Century should collectively agree on a point when too much wealth is moralistically more criminal than recreational drugs, speeding and gay marriage.
I mean my income has GREATLY increased for the next several months, but it's still what many in the US would consider low, yet I think it's pretty darn good (it's an enlisted person's military paycheck). It would have to increase again at a rate of ~25 times to equate to a yearly income of $1 million. Not one person NEEDS an income of that amount (and yes, I'm keeping taxes in mind as I say that--even a 50% rate leaves one with enough to buy a superfluous home in JUST ONE YEAR). THEN there are thousands that make in a year what even this income would take a decade or three to accumulate. Even if you're one of the rare few that start a small company from nothing and quickly produces a product that half the US buys at least once, is it that easy to forget where you came from or to have little to no sense of what you could do for your community and fellow human beings? Is your $20 molded-plastic smartphone cover--that could be profitable at $1--a good enough gift to the people of the world?
Huhhh. Are people just becoming that greedy or are we losing touch with reality this much???
