Neil Macdonald: The dismantling of the Tea Party

[Justin_Beach]

10. Hard to say

... there was definitely greed here, still is. The same with Europe - very rich, very greedy people but there came a point in the history of Canada and most of Europe that the majority (not-rich .. or particularly greedy) voted in ways that reined in the rich and greedy. The US isn't there yet, partially because of the mythology that says that "anyone with a little hard work and imagination can be rich too.) ... It's partially true, in the same way that anyone can win the lottery but most people, in most places, recognize that it's not likely to happen to most people - even if they do work very hard, and took steps to make sure that people at the bottom had enough - something Canada still needs to work on, but the social safety net here is much better than the one in the US.