The Sage Observer

Economic Inequality

I was reading a December 15, 2013 article from the New York Times by Dr. Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winning economist, titled Why Inequality Matters, at the end of which was a letter to the editor from a reader commenting on the subject. I feel so strongly in agreement with the content of his letter, I am compelled to share it with you. I just don’t know how to express the commenters thoughts any better. The letter to the editor goes as follows:  

“Several years ago Elizabeth Warren noted: ‘There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own…You built a factory out there? … I want to be clear: you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for; you hired workers the rest of us paid to educate; you were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for….You built a factory and it turned into something terrific…? God bless. Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.’

 No one expects everyone earns the same amount. But there is a social contract that says those who make your business possible deserve, yes deserve, to be compensated with a livable wage and benefits. Today greed attempts to shift the responsibility for supporting the community to blaming the community for economic problems. Shame on government when instead of supporting the community and protecting the worker from devastation, government supports greed.”

          The first part of the writer’s letter quoted Elizabeth Warren. You know who she is. She’s the Senator from Massachusetts and an expert on bankruptcy law and government. In fact, she wrote the Consumer Protection Act. She has, also, been suggested as a possible candidate for the presidency in 2016 and would make an excellent president, but she has said she doesn’t intend to run. I digress, but I just wanted to give you a “heads up” in the event you haven’t heard of her. This lady is first class by anyone’s definition–absolutely first class.

          Inequality of income and wealth in our nation is sinful to the point of abuse of our people. We are being raped. It has ruined and is continuing to ruin our economy and our way of life. Our Shadow Government must go. Our country must be restored to the people. Our Congress has the power; and they must get it done. Money must be taken out of politics completely. Our one vote means very little, if anything, when our representatives are selling themselves to the highest bidder. It’s up to you, the people, to eliminate inequity. Your consolidated vote is the key.

Ronald Miller

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