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In reply to the discussion: This is Extreme Wealth Inequality: How Does One Fix This? [View all]"If you simply paid people in the middle class and poor, rather they worked or didn't work, there is no economic incentive not to work."
...exactly gives you the impression that people "in the middle class and poor" don't want to work?
You're throwing out ideas involving paying people a lot of money for not working and ending the safety nets. Where exactly is this money coming from, and why do you emphasize ending every safety net program as part of the solution?
Here's a better idea, give them jobs that pay well.
This is real life, not a board game.
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Yes, you're right, and I would never actually advocate a violent revolution.
Jackpine Radical
Feb 2012
#21
Study: 92 percent prefer Swedish model (of wealth distribution) to US model when given a choice
pampango
Feb 2012
#17
Does anyone know of any such extreme inequality being remedied without violence?
oldhippie
Feb 2012
#33