I ask you this question. Is poverty what ails us?
Or is it...wealth?
Say that there are 100 people, who share $100 dollars. Conventional wisdom would suggest that among 100 people each would receive 1 dollar. However the equation changes when we manipulate that $100 to be spread among Americans. Here, where we live, in our country, where justice rolls down like waters, where all are created equal, 50 of those 100 people (or 50%) each have only a nickel, or 2.5% of the total wealth. Forty of those people (or 40%) each have $.70, or 28% of the total wealth. Nine of those people (or 9%) each have $4.00 of that $100 or %36 of the total wealth. And finally ONE of those people, one single person (1 %), has $33.50.
So. Is it poverty that ails us? Or is it wealth?
I am not an economist. I am not a marxist, a socialist, or opponent of the free market. I am simply asking the question. Should 1% of the population of this country consume 33.5% of its wealth?
We all hunger for opportunity. We all thirst for equality. 100% of us.
Say that there are 100 people, who share $100 dollars. Conventional wisdom would suggest that among 100 people each would receive 1 dollar. However the equation changes when we manipulate that $100 to be spread among Americans. Here, where we live, in our country, where justice rolls down like waters, where all are created equal, 50 of those 100 people (or 50%) each have only a nickel, or 2.5% of the total wealth. Forty of those people (or 40%) each have $.70, or 28% of the total wealth. Nine of those people (or 9%) each have $4.00 of that $100 or %36 of the total wealth. And finally ONE of those people, one single person (1 %), has $33.50.
So. Is it poverty that ails us? Or is it wealth?I am not an economist. I am not a marxist, a socialist, or opponent of the free market. I am simply asking the question. Should 1% of the population of this country consume 33.5% of its wealth?
We all hunger for opportunity. We all thirst for equality. 100% of us.
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