If all got smart and organized to take control of Money/Power/Wealth for the Majority then there would not be an existing controling class of the FEW! Eliminating Poverty!We need to do that here in USA!
132618
Unfortunately the poor are usually less educated than the upper class(not  saying all upper class's are smarter than the poor but) people tend to live by example, if the parents are poor and they are raised poor they just seem to find it easier to follow than to fight.
378423
Strikes, boycotts, infiltration, sabotage, etc.  You have to organize; forget the pacifiers you're told to believe in.  Those in power are organized and have a lot of money.  If we have the numbers, we'll have the same amount of money.  We outnumber these worms 100 to 1 and can crush them like grapes.
307458
Sadly, we are already losing it, if we haven't lost it completely.  The present American political leadership is not willing to spend any serious money on education, preferring to squander it on prisons, wars, and the futile pursuit of the War On (some) Drugs.  Local governments without rich tax bases cannot make up the shortfalls, even if they don't have spending caps imposed by ignorant legislators.
76254
Holbright you and i are on the same page mostly  I believe, However the the biggest security risk that the majority of American families face in the past and currently is financial security! Different branches of government currently produce official documentation with their conclusion of the 2005 federal budget, none of them are numerically consistent and are highly suspect as to being cooked! This we do know for certain congress authorizes the production via U.S. Treasury and their is no shortage of paper and ink! The Bush administration borrowing from other country's is likely outrageous and irresponsible! Why not reform capitalism and grant open equal access instead of the establish structure in place!Sure there would have to be some rule applied to like stopping immigration,maybe price index freezing for awhile and you would not hand money to those whom lack the mental ability to utilize properly,but their welfare should be respectfully honored!Are you in favor of letting our legal citizen's control capitalism instead of the current structure?
246632
Get all the world's leaders into a room & refuse to let them out until they had come up with a solution to world hunger & stopping wars.\nSurely if one nation has more than enough & another has none then it isn't rocket science to work out that the rich nations should give to the poor.\nEvery world leader today seems to think only of their own country instead of the world as a whole. Except for GW Bush of course, he thinks he is the leader of the world & needs to be taken done a peg or two.
624182
Stop foreign aid which funds third world dictatorships.   Pull out western government intervention, since they are rarely ever able to achieve any of their stated goals, anyhow.  Let the corrupt regimes run out of money.  Eventually, they will be unable to pay for the rottweilers that keep the masses down.  Then the poor people have a fighting chance of beating their poverty.\n\nAs a side note, power has a way of attracting the the most corrupt, self-serving members of society.   So to see it in other countries, as well as my own, comes as no surprise.
87130
I think the previous answer sums up so well why class-warfare works.  People want to believe it works.  Most of the wealthy in America aren't from "old money" anymore.  They made their money through hard work and determination.  And so many people who don't (or can't) do that want to blame everyone else.  So they look to blame those that are in a better state than they are.\n\nIt is the same with politicians who play the race card.
142011
This question........I could answer so many ways.....but I will just pick one facet.\n\nI think a democracy with bits of socialism would work very well....just as a previous poster noted with some of the Scandinavian countries. \n\nI think one main issue, if not THE issue is economics.\n\nI'll even break it down....I think we need democracy with a collective revenue sharing.  Those familiar with major sports leagues in the US, specifically the NFL, may know what I'm speaking of.\n\nBetter distribution of funds across the board would help our economic bottomline, especially if the excess money given to the "lower classes" are used specifically for encouragement of small business, health care, better schools and teachers, upkeep in neighborhoods, and find ways to not only fight the drug trade inside of neighborhoods, but also (and more important) stop them from ever reaching these at-risk neighborhoods.\n\nIt would help encourage people that moving up in the world, doesn't mean you need to hit that home run.  For parents to know they have quality backing and support, even kids from the lower class have a good chance at life, that means a lot.\n\nNow the rich would suffer a bit....because in the revenue sharing concept, the top teams are penalized for being over the cap line.  With this you would not have a person whose bank account looks like the gross national product of small countries, i.e. Bill Gates.  They would still be wealthy, but not to the detriment of the lower class.\n\nSo.....you would have a top line and a bottom line....but you would maintain all of the other capitalist prinicples, you find in democracy.  There are so many things that go to this, I won't even pretend my idea is foolproof.....but I do think it would help.
141552
Our founding fathers created a democracy with the idea of preventing a monarchy from arising in its place. They did this by giving each citizen one vote, thus putting the people above the elected government leaders. They also made the Constitution flexible, thus allowing unforeseen situations to be dealt with permanently. They also gave us rights so that we could expose wrong doing inside our government and hold the responsible individuals accountable by using our right to vote and our legal system.Corporate greed is rewarded by Wall Street and reinforced by the U.S. Congress. Wealthy individuals have their wants and concerns are very well represented by members of Congress, but who in Congress is representing the average working American?George W. Bush's leadership as president these past five years have been a one huge disaster after another. We now have huge budget deficits that appear to be growing out of control. We have a very costly war on Iraq that is going on way too long. We have spiraling trade deficits and American corporations moving their factories and personal off shore. We have wealthy individuals paying a smaller percentage of their incomes in taxes then middle class workers, and who are using off shore tax havens to avoid paying taxes. We have a new Medicare bill that is full of corporate welfare and is costing much more than we were originally told. We had a energy deregulation scandal in California that Bush refused to stop. We had huge corporate scams that robbed shareholders, employees, and creditors of billions of dollars. And this list could go on and on.
389764
Piece of the pie or rule and control over Money/Power/Wealth! Serious people like myself are willing to put our lives on the line to gain this equal access instead of piss-poor lifestyles we have to work for!
217220
I disagree.  This is basically a communist idea.  The Universal Living Wage would cause america to lose a ton of jobs to lower wage countries.  We are already having problems competeing with counrtries that pay their workers 500 dollars a year.  This would drastically raise unemployment which is bad especially for poor people.  We would be looking at unemployment rates like those found in France and Germany of around 12 percent.  It would also stunt long term growth.  Everyone in America can eat well enough.  I have know obese people who were on welfare.  People in America are well off, poverty is more of a relative thing.  Poor people in America still have a lot more than people in the Sudan.  It is only when compared to insanely rich people in Manhattan that they seem so poor.  That is not to say that poverty is not a problem in America it is, but a Universal Living Wage would amplify this problem not fix it.
163282
Well a democracy of course. But more specifically, Norway. There is not a huge  gap between the people at the top and those at the bottom. They take care of their own. Everyone has health coverage, and if someone has a condition that requires staying in a warm climate the  government picks up the bill. 26.2% of American children live below the poverty level. In Norway it is less than 4%. The difference between what CEOs earn and what the average worker earns is nowhere near what it is in the US. Taxes are higher, but people don't seem to mind the trade off.
144705
this is supposed to be a ' land of the people '\nwhat needs to be done is more education so every one is smarted here in the USA\ninstead we are lowering all test standards so all students form kindergarten to grad school so we as Americans can get higher grade point averages..\ninstead of making the test standards harder to make us smarter..they are dumbing down America..\nOK if we are not as smart, then there is the possibility for more corruption in all parts of life.\nand of course in our government\nso smarter people in our country would lower this corruption across the boards..\nso every one stay in school and do more than required or asked of you..\nGood luck
193410
Normally I'd bring in sources, but have decided to merely shoot from the hip on this one. Income inequality is a dicey term. If referring specifically to the idea that some people make millions, and others make so little, then the answer is you cannot necessarily do away with that in a mostly capitalistic society. However, the way to adjust for this problem is through taxes. The rich may not like it, but the amount of money they make every year is more than most of this country will see in their entire lives. Therefore, we must re-instill the wealthy with a sense of patriotism, and institute a truly progressive taxation system. A man making a million dollars a year could easily afford to provide the government with 50-75% of their income in taxes. 90% of the population makes under $100,000 per year, so I believe that the wealthy citizen could manage with $250,000.\nNow, the argument against this is that the rich earned their money, and so they deserve it. However, those people are merely materialistic sheep. They do not understand that money isn't everything, and so they'd rather be measured by what they own and not who they are as people. Consequently, the point is not whether or not they deserve the money, the question pertains to whether or not they are compassionate human beings who understand that we're all on this planet together. If the human race would stop being so selfish, and merely put in some effort to bringing everyone up, the world would be a much better place.\nIn sumation, since the wealthy have a tendancy to be unconcerned with the plight of the poor, it is imperative for the government to provide. And, as stated, the way to provide is to tax. Everyone hates taxes, but without them there would be no government. No government means no laws, and no police or firemen. Therefore, the country would descend into chaos, and we would all lose.
78260
India has a population of over 1 billion. Define common? I was there on vacation and the poverty is terrible. If the person is "middle classs" common then they need to use their abilities/brains/abilities to push forward their progress. Now is a time of importance for India. They have to use all their resources cause everyone is looking at them.
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At least you  have thought intelligently about how we middle class citizens can survive with all the burdens that hard work costs us personally!  It's a pretty innovative concept, but you are over-looking the fact that this possible solution would effect the wealthier portion of our population and really what does wealth go hand in hand with.........?.....\nPOWER, my friend...the rich would never allow such a solution!  Keep brainstorming.....perhaps a workable idea to save the debacle our government calls "retirement"...........We pay and pay and research shows that our medicare/retirement benefits (which enable us to dine on dog food) will virtually become non-existent before too long!!
211909
it would never work. If we had all the same, no one would collect the trash or do similar jobs, why should they.\nBut I do think that could be a better balance, if the Rich gave more. I ask I much money does one need to be happy, how much is enough, a million, 2 million where does it stop.\nI'm not poor or rich and still I help and give to the ones worse off them me, so if the rich help more this would be better world.