I agree whole-heartedly with your argument. The idea of free-market is to make a profit. Where does the profit come from? From the total pool of wealth involved. That means taking a bigger slice of pie. Your slice gets bigger, so someone else's slice must diminish. How someone can defend any system where one man can take in billions of dollars a year when someone else endures backbreaking labor for a pittance is beyond me. I can understand paying a job what it's worth, such as a doctor that heals the injured and sick, or a teacher that educates the next generation of thinkers, but people that toss around balls for a living and CEOs that schmooze and make deals getting paid such ridiculous sums is just stupid. Thanks to the "free" market, nearly everyone that tells their child that they can do anything in the world if they try hard enough is a liar.
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I agree whole-heartedly with your argument. The idea of free-market is to make a profit. Where does the profit come from? From the total pool of wealth involved. That means taking a bigger slice of pie. Your slice gets bigger, so someone else's slice must diminish. How someone can defend any system where one man can take in billions of dollars a year when someone else endures backbreaking labor for a pittance is beyond me. I can understand paying a job what it's worth, such as a doctor that heals the injured and sick, or a teacher that educates the next generation of thinkers, but people that toss around balls for a living and CEOs that schmooze and make deals getting paid such ridiculous sums is just stupid. Thanks to the "free" market, nearly everyone that tells their child that they can do anything in the world if they try hard enough is a liar.
In all fairness, Clinton kinda hosed us with NAFTA.