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Originally Posted by Chili_Wango

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3044892.html

The issue isn't the minimum wage; which everyone seems to focus on. The problem is with the distribution of wealth in the United States. There's a difference.

The false position is the idea that there is a fixed amount of wealth and that if certain individuals have a lot of it, there is less available for others. That is not true.

Whether Bill Gates or Donald Trump amass 11HundredBillionTeen dollars, it has nothing to do with your earnings potential.

The underlying reality of America's capitalism is that the population of "The Wealthy" is not static. Poor people become rich. People like Sam Walton, who found Wal-Mart, or Oprah grew up poor and Bill Gates did not inherit Microsoft.

At the same time, many rich people end up poor, whether through bad investment, timing, or business collapse.

The population of 'Rich' in this country has been dynamic and is not fixed. Income inequality is not the issue. The issue now is the reduced income mobility due to a suppressed economy and over regulated economy.

Also, it can't be ignored that poverty in the US is not defined the same as poverty in the rest of the world.