New Pew research about rising tensions (rich vs. Poor) and Buffet's challenge.

[dmcowen674]

We're not going to have a revolution, this isn't a war and there's nothing fundamentally wrong with the rich.

Rich people make a lot of money. In the past several decades, a smaller and smaller percentage of the population has been getting more and more of the income and wealth in this country. THAT is bad, since it means a lot of the people who grow our economy aren't getting to benefit from that growth. Which in addition to being unfair, is also fundamentally bad for the economy, since it means the middle class engine for growth isn't as strong as it used to be.

But it's not the "fault" of rich people. Were I in a position to make millions of dollars, I'd take it...and so would you. The problem is that our system seems to substantially reward top tier work almost exclusively, to the detriment of average people and lower class folks. I don't see how you can reasonably hold that against those who have benefited though...

Come on

You completely ignore the fact that the rich have sent jobs overseas and driven what's left in wages down.

Ridiculous

It is 110% the fault of the rich and you know it.

FFS you even say so in your own paraphrase "since it means the middle class engine for growth isn't as strong as it used to be."