Paul Krugman: We live in the most unequal society ever, and it’s only getting worse

[herding cats]

30. What he makes isn't the problem.

It's that more people aren't making more money that is the issue here. This type of thinking is designed (I'm not saying it was your intention, but it is something being brandied about when Krugman's point is brought up today) to derail discussion from the fact that too many people in this country are not making but a fraction of what they need to be in order to sustain a viable middle class, while the richest are no longer having to pay their fair share of taxes and thus getting too much of the pie. All this while placing an unfair tax burden on those who can least afford it. The implementation of supply-side economic policies have destroyed the 'American Dream' for most Americans at this point. It's also had the disturbing effect of rewarding the wealthy for paying below a living wage and then forcing the (underfunded) government to pick up the tab of these peoples well being.

It's much more than that overly simplistic synopsis, but you get the point.