People begin to resent the rich only when they conclude that the system is rigged.
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People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged.
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.
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.
Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's bidding.
Listen friends, you have to face the truth: You are never going to be rich... The system is rigged in favor of the few, and your name is not among them, not now and not ever.
The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway.
The rich continue to get rich the same way they always have - by understanding how money works and making their money work for them.
I think that's most unfortunate about our Democratic system, that you're confining it to people who are either very wealthy in their own right or have capacity to gain access to large amounts of money.
If someone says, 'Democracy is a sham, those people don't speak for me... the system's rigged,' you say, 'Vote.' Someone says, 'I was making a statement by not voting,' and then you say, 'Well I can't hear it.'
Political battles are won when the rich favor them.
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