We know that in our free market economy some will prosper more than others. What we don't accept is the idea that some folks won't even get a chance.
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.
I think that sometimes people are frightened to take the risk of entrepreneurship.
If people perceive themselves as having very little opportunities to be fulfilled, then it cheapens their life and outlook. The solution is to reverse it; make sure they know opportunities abound.
Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.
I do believe in the free market.
In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.
Economies are risky. Some industries rise, and others implode, like housing. Some places get richer, and others drop, like Atlantic City. Some people get new jobs that pay better, many lose their jobs or their wages.
There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so as to corner the market.
I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally.
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