Hats Off To This Guy

[Brian37]

It's that "relative" thing, I suppose. It is possible for everyone to get richer while the gap between top and bottom increases. For instance, say the endpoints are $1000 and $4000 at time A, then $1500 and $9000 at time B. Everyone is richer at time B yet the gap has gone up from $3000 to $7500, and it's gone up in percentage terms, from 300% to 500%. This is what I believe is happening in the USA and probably worldwide as well, if wealth and income are measured in money terms.

There is a problem with that $ sign. The rich are subject to a lot of "paper" valuation that can balloon or vanish overnight while physical circumstances remain unchanged. I think part of the increasing disparity is in artificial monetary valuations that don't reflect realities of well-being and lifestyle. But monetary valuations do confer real political power. The building of a plutocratic stratosphere above the rest of society is an ill omen in a democracy, so I look at this trend with some fear.  

Dollars do not have absolutely the same value for everyone.   Bill Gates could wipe his ass with $100 bills and flush them down the toilet every day and his life style wouldn't change a bit.  If Brian did that he would starve to death.  A dollar is worth more to Brian than it is to Bill Gates.  A dollar gives more utility to Brian than it does to Bill Gates.  So while those Bill Gates might accumulate dollars faster than Brian what we really have to ask is Bill Gates gaining more utility from money faster than Brian.   I don't think that he is.

Oh bullshit. 

Nice try faking empathy though. If you really believed that first line you'd agree with Nick Hanauer instead of justifying the same old GOP trickle down bullshit.

The best "charity" direct from the employer to the employee, not tax cuts for the rich, not big business charities or religious charities you get tax deductions for. DIRECT in the form of better pay and lower cost of living ratio. The pay gap is killing us and will turn us into a third world country if it continues, or lead to a revolution.  Even NICK a billionaire warns idiots like you about those pitchforks. Now again, since I am dirt poor, I most certainly would not ask you to take my word for it.