No More Tyranny Of The Smoking Minority

[iemitsu]

29. Sounds like you've got the story straight.

I agree that the unequal distribution of wealth is our major problem (along with the fact that most don't see it as a problem).
Everyone, who works a full day, ought to get enough to survive on (marginal jobs should support marginal lifestyles but the pay can't be less than it takes to survive) in fact working five full days ought to pay for seven days living expenses, under our work formula.
A more equal distribution of wealth would solve many problems as people, who feel they are rewarded for their contributions, feel better about themselves and are likely to support the communities that sponsor that feeling.
I see our "core principals" being eroded too. But I suppose those principals are, and were, really no more than slogans to get workers to buy in to a plan (the Revolutionary War) that was largely designed to free elites from their tax burdens. Those elites framed our constitution in a way to guarantee that their tax burdens would never be high again.
The rich don't have to follow laws. They make laws to reward or punish those who serve them.