General Discussion

...which tells me he's on the right track. We have people who are trying to justify greed is being a normal component of capitalism, and it's not. Adam Smith believed greed is one of the things that would lead to the failure of capitalism, and greed and self-interest are not the same thing. How foolish are we to allow a person to be paid $1 trillion while we have people who work every day relying on SNAP and food banks? How can any rational person not believe we need a national health policy that would make health care in this country just as affordable as it is in other Western-style countries?

How can so many people who are one paycheck or one illness away from financial disaster be so indoctrinated that they fight against their own self-interests and the well-being of their loved ones to keep the ultra-rich from making their fair contribution to our society? As long as we remain ignorant enough to let the ultra-rich get away with taking more from our country while contributing proportionately less than the middle-class, we deserve what we get.