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(08-26-2015, 12:15 PM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: Quite a lot, I'd say. 

I didn't work two jobs for 7 years and go to school so I can have the same life as a cousin of mine, a high school dropout with three kids with two different dads and is completely dependent on the government to take care of her and her kids. 

Explain to me why someone like that is deserving of an equal outcome?  Why should the quality of my life be scaled back so someone like that can have economic equality?

I don't get the trust in government that liberals/socialists/communists/collectivists/pick your ideology have. 

Big government has shown throughout history that they are more corrupt than any wealthy people could ever dream of being.  Millions upon millions of people have been slaughtered by their own governments throughout history when given too much power, and there is no way possible to solve the economic inequality "problem" without a massive and authoritarian government. 

You're misunderstanding what the issue is about. What I am talking about is not making everyone equal, but it is addressing the disparity in classes that exists in this country. The system doesn't need to be level, there needs to be a middle class. When economic inequality continues to grow, that gap widens and there is no middle class. Our economic inequality is on par with third-world countries, not industrialized nations, and it is continuously widening. This isn't sustainable for our country.

And no, it does not have to be massive or authoritarian. That is nothing more than fear mongering. There are many different models out there for this sort of thing. Our government was not as massive 100 years ago and our economic inequality was nothing like it is today.

(08-26-2015, 12:33 PM)RICHMONDBENGAL_07 Wrote: I almost fell out of my chair laughing at this.

You're a funny guy.

Yeah, that was pretty funny. Private sector using money to influence the public sector is where corruption happens.