US income inequality continues to grow

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(07-23-2018, 09:26 PM)Beaker Wrote: Income inequality does not equal economic oppression.

What corporation pays workers less than a living wage? 

Living wage is a subjective term since individuals decide whether or not to live within their means.

What is wrong with rich people getting richer? As a lawyer, youre rich.

Living within your means is fine, but people who don't buy houses, cars, beer, cigarettes, diamonds, or get married and have kids don't get a lot of credit, either.  Every wage can be a living wage if you are immune to advertising, social pressures, and contribute the bare minimum to a capitalistic economy.  

I'm not saying I have any idea what real poverty is, but I've certainly had to live in more of a modest manner than many of my contemporaries and I recall walking a lot, eating a lot of oatmeal for dinner, and walking past a lot of businesses that I never patronized because they supplied things that weren't necessary.  Maybe everyone else was just flush with income to waste, but I wasn't and I wasn't spending what I didn't think I had.

The entire idea of making this into a vendetta against the rich just distracts from the notion that inflation is the main culprit, and we are all guilty of living in a country that thrives on people spending money they don't have on stuff they don't need.