why the richer the powerful the stroger rules
200428
The meek shall inherit the earth.  The rich are just using it right now to justify being damned for eternity.
642693
they are normally so rich that they can retire when they want
129392
It is the theory about the pursuit of daily basic necessites, then later pursuit of extra items, then later pursuit of material wealth and finally pursuit of material possession which is endless. It all revolves around the intrinsic greed of men. From only wanting the basics, their demands and needs inflate rapidly to satisfy themselves.
156077
Power gives you legitimacy and authority. Wealth gives you power and protect your power. When you are wealthy you are influential. Amount of wealth define your status.
319451
Because honey they got all the money.Money comes with POWER.something that we would all like to have however it seems to flow freely to the chosen few.
189254
you said it with no get rich quick. you must work hard and long hours. thats the basic. people have become millionairs from washing dishes. they dont wash them when they're rich of course. they probably own chain of restaurants. but the basic was there in the beginning - hard long hours. anything beyond that is the lets get rich quick attitude.
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you are getting some great answers here. yes did know that and though the richer people will get more money in their pockets the average person will get a greater percantage of it. facts are alot harder to argue  againtist.
464463
They generate new wealth and distribute it based on merit. This capital then gets redistributed by shareholders and employees and, more importantly, by people who service their needs, and try, of course, to do so as efficiently as possible so that they, too, can retain a profit for their own endeavors.
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Money makes the world turn.
620499
If it was quick and easy, everyone would do it.\n\nGetting rich quick is not easy.  Easy work won't get you rich quick.\n\nThe highest-paying jobs are the ones few people can do, or want to do.  Do you have a unique skill that very few others have?
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Someone else is asking pretty much the same question.  As I replied on the other question, the biggest indicator of what ones economic status will be during their lifetime is to simply look at the economic status of their parents/grandparents.  The majority of the wealthy had a head start due to better education and other opportunities and then simply built upon the vast assets they inherited.  My solution (I know it sounds like communism) was to seize everybodys personal assets when the pass away and redistribute them to pay for the deficit, healthcare, taxes, and better school districts/educational opportunities for everyone.  This would certainly even the playing field and provide for an incentive to compete (which is the basis of capitalism isn't it?).  The capitalist system wouldn't suffer because everyone would still be able to enjoy the fruits of their labor during their lifetime and may actually be enhanced by the the fact that the best/brightest/most ambitious would continually be the ones that prosper each generation.
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Was it not the lower and lower middle class? Because education was becoming more wide spread and labor laws were appearing, more people could afford to learn how to read. Thus, periodicals and novels became more popular. \nThe lower class was powerful because it was the majority, too. Unless the question means a different sort of powerful, in which case I am confused, too. The middle class was just emerging, also... The wealthy of course had the most money. Hmmm...
606085
Laws are made to control people and are enforced only when the enforcement benefits the rich elite.
242739
So they can get more money ... they are lazy and screw the system for everything they can get!!
629087
The implication is oxymoronic. Like I say to all working class republicans, "You're not rich enough to be a Republican!"
391898
In the third world capitalism's benefits go to the rich.  There is no middle class, or at least it's very small.  There are the rich and the poor and there are way more poor than rich.  Politicians know what side of the toast the butter is on.  Poor people vote too.
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I don't think greed is ever a good thing. But on a personal level sometimes people have to be a little bit greedy. I tend to be a people pleaser and do everything for everyone else but myself. So, if i were a little bit greedy and focused on myself a little bit more then it would be a good thing. Also, if ur into money being greedy is usually a good way to excel in this capitalist society which is so heavily focused on money.