It turns out that the rich are much better placed to feed at the public trough. The poor get crumbs.
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In bad times, the rich usually get richer.
The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them.
The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent.
The rich support the poor primarily via taxes.
The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.
It's true that redistributing income to the needy is politically easier in a growing economy than in a stagnant one.
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
These days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that's a scandal when we have so many riches and resources to give to everyone. We all have to think about how we can become a little poorer.
Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.