How rich people get rich

[Cheese Sandwich]

[hollysmom]

1. I don't think the line should be between them, there is too much over lap

and inherited is most of it.

[WDIM]

2. Thanks to the interest rate and gambling in the stock market with other people's money..

It definately has nothing to do with hard work.

There are a few that invented something or marketed something successfully, then they exploit their workers, exploit the tax system, exploit their customers,

With our current system the only thing that matters is to maximize profits and maximize shareholders wealth.

Banks are the worse in my book. Central banks are the root of the evil.

[Cheese Sandwich]

3. People on the bottom are working the hardest

[WDIM]

9. The rich are the parasite class. and the workers are the host

The rich live off the hard work of others and then hoard their wealth as some kind of status symbol that they deserved all they got. They did nothing but take advantage of others.

[jonno99]

4. Well, first you have to define "rich'. As one DU poster recentely pointed out, compared

to the rest of the world, we in the US are ALL in the top 1% of the world's income earners (http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7126390).

How did we all get to be in this prestigious position - exploitation?

If you say so...

[Blus4u]

5. I recall that discussion...

...and it was terribly frustrating.

If I recall correctly, he deleted his initial post after another 250 comments.

Peace

[Starry Messenger]

6. And he got his ass handed to him in the thread.

Rightfully so.

[jonno99]

7. Well sure - but the OP here still needs to define "rich"...

imho...

[Starry Messenger]

8. Why?

This is the socialist progressives group, a protected forum. Please read the SOP pinned at the top of the forum.

[WDIM]

10. Income does not equal wealth. The Billionaire class are the parasites.

The workers in the US may have higher incomes but they also have higher debts. The majority of workers are debt slaves for the billionaire class. They are one debt payment away from having no home, no car, no source of food, no source of clean water, billionaire bankers will destroy a worker's life if that worker loses their job and cannot pay their debts.

The billionaires and the bankers own everything in this country if you have a house with a mortgage they own your house and all the property in it. If you have a car payment they own your car. If you have credit card debt and student loans they own your life.

Income means nothing on a world scale. Many people throughout the world live simple lives of growing their own food. They live on land that has been in family for hundreds of years they live in communities and tribes that all members contribute and ensure the success of all members.