Quote Originally Posted by swaledale View Post
Well that argument doesn't hold water, does it, seeing as your missing the big point, 99% of the world's population doesn't have even that!

Talk about viewing something from a very narrow perspective - and arguing that if you have a million your not "well off"!

Now that tells of privilege and an complete lack of understanding of inequality in the world.

Then actually your argument completely falls apart when if the wealthiest 1% set aside a set percent age of their income to assist those less fortunate (I didn't restrict the inequality argument to the third world) it actually would go a long way to resolve issues. Especially if used to enable less well off people to become self sufficient, there are a lot of people out there who could if given a modest help out, become wealth generators themselves.

But I guess you being a self centred cynical old bugger will come up with a reason as to why that wouldn't work?
I actually agree that a higher 'take' from the wealthy would be a laudible thing but isn't the bigger problem that in the criminal/cronyish/disorganised world we live in, your 1% just makes other wealthy people more wealthy. My perspective is I'd be a damned sight more amenable to an increased tax burden if it was 90% likely to help someone with 1/10 of my wealth than 90% likely to help someone with 10X my wealth, because thats how it feels