Also agree with davelj WRT the solution being a progressive tax where all income is treated the same.[/quote]
tsk tsk tsk, you’re wrong. The solution isn’t a progressive income tax. The solution is property (asset) taxes.
Wealth is assets, not income.
And if we want progressive income tax, can someone give people a clue that $250K of income is not wealth.
AS for the government developing the internet. Wow, that’s the biggest fallacy around. They funded some of the research but the internet you know today has little to do with the Government. In fact, ours and most others are desperately trying to bottle that djinni.
While there may be some luck, I personally find it appalling the rationalization slope Obama and supporters are going down in putting Government at the head of the great big Opportunity creator page. Assuming luck is the separator makes it easier to rationalize taking.
Luck is a factor but only because even in those hard working top 25% groups, their reaction to opportunities is very different. Their risk taking is very different.
In the end, many are book smart. Or more appropriately, many are school smart, meaning they know how to succeed in our warped academic world which doesn’t actually translate to the rest of the world.
Do you know what the real difference is between being the big winners are and just mere success?
Comfort. Satisfaction. Happiness.
You get comfortable.
You get married or a girl or boy friend. You’re happy with your life. You want to enjoy your hard work. When you see great job/opportunity across the control, you think about your friends and family instead of the job. You think about your mortgage and how you’ll pay it if it doesn’t work out.
