SHOCKING: Wealth inequality in America

**Loki** · 03-15-2013, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by Grumpy Cat

But Canada has a wealth redistribution program and has for years, plus free health care, and it's easier to do business here than the US as well, so that blows that logic out of the water.

That's awesome. Why don't they want to follow the Canadian model?

**Grenzland** · 03-15-2013, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by Loki

That's awesome. Why don't they want to follow the Canadian model?

Loki, it's COMMUNISM!

**Aredhel** · 03-15-2013, 06:34 PM

What did you expect of a capitalist system? It isn't surprising that there's such a huge difference between the poor class and the richest ones.

**Grenzland** · 03-15-2013, 06:36 PM

To defend the Americans.

They are very liberal so you don't have much fences. If you really want you can do everything and get everything. This makes automatically winners and loosers. But if you are a looser you can fall very deep.

**Grumpy Cat** · 03-15-2013, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by Grenzland

Loki, it's COMMUNISM!

Even though Canada was rated as "more capitalistic" than the US by Forbes? So was the UK which has free health care but no wealth distribution program I know of. I don't know what criteria they base that off, though.

**Lobotomist** · 03-15-2013, 06:40 PM

So, who are the 1%? They're Jewish, no doubt about that. Rothschild family?

I'd like to see one of these for the UK as well, it'd be interesting to compare.

**Grumpy Cat** · 03-15-2013, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by Loki

That's awesome. Why don't they want to follow the Canadian model?

Well in all fairness, the Canadian redistribution model (Equalization Payment Act) is broken right now. I don't know how Quebec manages to get more equalization than the Atlantic provinces do.

I suck at math and I still can't figure it out.

**Grenzland** · 03-15-2013, 06:42 PM

Having a social system is communism in the eyes of Americans. I don't know why.

Health insurance e.g. is something Bismarck installed in Germany. And he wasn't a communist at all.

**2012JD** · 03-15-2013, 06:47 PM

How's this shocking ?

In the US poverty basically means you have a home, two cars, a tv, a notebook, iPad , cable, a full fridge, nice clothes, iPhone & spending money.

I can't Count how many " poor " people have these things . Poverty in America doesn't really exist In that term

**Philo** · 03-15-2013, 06:49 PM

It seems Baluarte here is a bet jealous that Jews are so rich. Let it go son.

Than again I am jealous too that I'm just a regular guy and not rich like all those Jews.

(I was being cynical when I said son. If I ever had a son he would be much less of an asshole than you.)