Quote Originally Posted by maladroit
wealth gaps will always exist, and nobody is suggesting that they should not exist

the problem is that the wealth gap is too large and still growing...if you think that doesn't cause social unrest, take a look at what the top 1% spends on protecting their 50% share of the entire country's wealth...the poor majority might start supporting revolutionary populists who will turn america into a dictatorship...people like hitler rode into power on a wave of poverty-induced rage
I don't think a wealth gap should exist if wealth determines your ability to live.

It's easy of us with money to say "Oh, those poor people without health insurance and don't have a home should just get a fucking job and stop bitching", but it's not as easy as it sounds, even in such a great nation as ours. If you were an employer, would you hire a homeless man knowing he doesn't have anywhere he could bathe himself and clean up? How are customers going to react to that? Even if he was applying for a job where he's hidden from view, most employers would much rather higher someone nice and clean who isn't so desperate for work.

I just fail to see how we can say capitalism is the best, but then turn around and say we need social programs to protect the interests of the common good, and then turn around AGAIN and say that we can't do too much or else people will get lazy and stop working.

How about giving people what they need and fucking educating them on the importance of contributing to society, instead of pointing a fucking gun to their heads???