Here in lies the problem. The government can't raise the struggling up. Even if you believe wealth should be redistributed it is beyond me how anyone could believe the government can do it. All our entitlement programs government kangaroo accounting aside are bankrupt. The type of thinking coming out of the Obama administration will only serve to pull others down and will not raise up the struggling.

Our current path is not sustainable. Either spending must be cut or all of the middle class taxed. Tax the rich won't put a dent in it. Higher taxes for middle class will make the middle class smaller. So we better start cutting spending and yes that means some will suffer initially but many better off in long run. .

Nor can the government maintain the ruling class with entitlement programs that dwarf the social security blanket, not even comparable. QEfinity, what kind of wealth distributing entitlement is that. The bank bailout. What planet are you on. It's not even comparable...

Economics wasn't your major was it?

In Greece sure it increased standard of living for a while. It was a false prosperity. But eventually with big government you pay the piper. It is a mentality that kills innovation, efficiency and slowly poisons peoples thinking. In Greece the poor are now poorer and what was the middle class is now poor. People dying on the streets because their government health care system is failing.

Show me one U.S. government program that is not rife with waste, inefficient, and overspends because when they need more money don't have to compete for it like private sector and just raise taxes. The government does very little dollar for dollar to help anyone. If someone barely surviving on welfare is helping someone lets all get on welfare. Would be better for that person to have a decent job which come when private sector succeeds not big government.

Living in the real world wasn't your major was it?

Speaking of welfare and playing fields. Welfare exists because the playing field is not level. The majority of people on welfare don't want to be there, they would rather work 3 jobs if they can find them. Problem is, because the field is not level, they have to take those 3 jobs which still is not enough for their basic needs. The decks are stacked against them, and they get stuck in that hole, void of opportunity due to the uneven playing field. They can't even afford to get sick, because they can't get health care. It's easy to brush that aside sitting behind our array of 9 trading monitors.