We have, in the E.U., a market rigged in favour of the rich and stacked against the poor, and I think that's wrong.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For generations, Americans who aren't rich have been generous and admiring of their wealthy compatriots - want a country where people who work hard can succeed, where the same rules apply to everyone. They expect to have their own shot at getting rich. But increasingly, they are seeing that the game is rigged.
People begin to resent the rich only when they conclude that the system is rigged.
The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway.
People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged.
Markets are a good thing, and they are the best way of ensuring we have fairness.
Many bought into the idea that America could go from a technology-based, export-oriented powerhouse to a services-led, consumption-based economy - and somehow still expect to prosper. That idea was flat wrong. Our economy tilted instead toward the quicker profits of financial services.
Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them.
Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride.