Good points. Unless someone spends money, people don't earn money.

The dilema seems to be the issue of who has the most discretionary power to spend money & the envy it attracts.

A solution that argues that we all should have equal discretionary spending power is totally unrealistic - hasn't worked since man moved on from tribal living. If we are able to agree that equallity of earning capacity is near impossible to implement, the issue becomes one of who deserves to earn more than others. Once we get to this point we are back to where it is possible & probable that some people will become wealthier than others & this begats envy which begats attack.

On a national level US is a very wealthy country, US spends big & that boosts economies of other nations. Envy is that US has the most discretionary spending power & the perception that US keeps it that way (trade imperialism).

Seems to me this is a can't win & perenial problem - who ever is currently at the top is & will be a target of those down the heap.

Cheers

Doug