I think most of us here want everyone to have an equal chance at a good standard of living. There are just big differences in opinion about how to get there and why we don't seem to be making much progress lately. Some people seem to think that only when outcomes are equal for everyone will we have made it.
I take your point (I think!). An equal outcome for everyone is essentially impossible. We could all have the same health insurance, for example, and you could take 100 people the same age, with the same problem with their health, and have multiple outcomes. Why? It's obvious... we aren't all alike. You can take 100 people of similar intelligence as measured by the usual metrics, give them access to the same education, and have multiple outcomes for the same reason. And one could go on in the same vein for hours. We're all simply different. Sure, we can have similarities in a host of areas, yet still get those multiple outcomes. That should be easy for everyone to accept. I certainly do. What I don't accept is blatantly "rigging the game" for one group or another at the expense of others. And that's what the Republican Party has been busy doing for years now. Rigging the game. I'm not going to say my party doesn't engage in some of that, but not nearly to the extent of the GOP. Not even close, in my opinion. Time to change that. Past time.
While the attack on personal tax rates continue, corporations are seeing all time record profits. Nice to have these engineered loop holes since they're 'people' after all. Of course there is no demand when you keep money out of the hands of consumers/middle class so that corporations can pay their shareholders dividends. The defense that 'there is no demand' by spokespeople really just means that wealth has been hoarded by the top .01%'ers. This recovery is anemic but yet certain 'people' are doing incredibly well.
Of course. There are plenty of cranks, kooks, and nutties out there, and you'd be hard-pressed to find any opinion SOME people didn't hold. But I don't think that's what you're implying, so let me ask you this - do you honestly think the Democratic Party (at whom your veiled reference points) desires a world in which the incomes of everyone are within, say, 25% of each other, regardless of merit?
