You've got the top 400 Americans owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. Most folks do not think that is right.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's morally wrong, and economically self-defeating, that so much wealth flows upwards towards the richest of Americans, while millions work full time but still can't provide for their families.
I think that something is fundamentally wrong if a person of his great wealth is only paying 13.9 percent effective tax rate and most of Americans are paying 28, 30 percent and they make far less.
Our family's fortune is growing faster than ever. We're a part of a small number of American families that own most of the country's wealth. But having so much in the hands of so few can't be good for America.
Inherited wealth, that is not what America is based upon.
Most of the time in America, we're surrounded by oppressive inequality such that the wealthiest 1 percent collectively own substantially more than the bottom 90 percent. One escape from that is America's wild places.
It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.
Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.
My God, I don't know anyone who likes to accumulate their wealth more than the Europeans.
America has seen enough of a handful of people growing rich at the cost of our nation descending into economic crisis.
There's a wealth gap that is happening, and that is all over the world, you know? The rich are getting richer and holding a higher percentage of money or wealth that's out there.
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