>Remember the benefits of trickle down Mike. Mr Wal Mart living in his gated community or on his gated estate may want someone to vacuum his pool, mow his lawn or feed and care for his children. These good low paid jobs give everyone a chance to climb the greasy pole
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>You seem to forget that there are people like my sister who never went to college and never inherited any money but, through hard work, is now a multi-millionaire.
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>Equal opportunity means just that - equal opportinity. Not equal results.

And if you sister who never went to college had inherited huge wealth from someone who had (in turn ) inherited it .

You often mention the "through hard work etc" Marcia. So would you be ok with removing the right to inherit wealth ?

As John Ryan has pointed out a very small number of people seem to be accumulating ever greater income while a lot of others (not just the poor but middle income as well) are actually experiencing a decline in wealth.

Here's a little graph from that left wing rag the Daily Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/interactive-graphics/graphic-of-the-day/8905944/Graphic-pay-gap-at-all-time-high-as-average-wages-stagnate.html