Do you consider immoral to steal from extremely rich people?

[Brass]

Quote from Mercor:

...The rich will sacrifice the present to build a much better life in the future.

True. But some will go even further. Some will sacrifice those less privileged by gaming the system with their power, influence and money to their own advantage at the expense of everyone else:

Quote from Brass:

[To original poster] It's not polite to point loaded questions.

But since you opened the door, perhaps a better question would be: Is it immoral for the extremely rich to not give a damn about those less privileged? And to put a finer point on it, is it immoral for the extremely rich to use their money, power and influence to game the system even more at the very expense of those less privileged?

So you see, "stealing" can take many forms.

 

[nutmeg]

Quote from Brass:

But since you opened the door, perhaps a better question would be: Is it immoral for the extremely rich to not give a damn about those less privileged?

I think it's immoral to worry about other peoples money and how they spend it.

 

[pspr]

Quote from nutmeg:

I think it's immoral to worry about other peoples money and how they spend it.

Good answer. brASS must be the one 'no' vote in the poll.

 

[Brass]

Quote from nutmeg:

I think it's immoral to worry about other peoples money and how they spend it.

And what about the rest of it:

Quote from Brass:

...And to put a finer point on it, is it immoral for the extremely rich to use their money, power and influence to game the system even more at the very expense of those less privileged?

 

[PHOENIX TRADING]

Quote from Brass:

And to put a finer point on it, is it immoral for the extremely rich to use their money, power and influence to game the system even more at the very expense of those less privileged?

Yes,Exactly why I oppose most democratic politicians their business cronies and the hypocritical billionaires club clamoring for higher taxes for the rest of us.

 

[futurecurrents]

Quote from Brass:

True. But some will go even further. Some will sacrifice those less privileged by gaming the system with their power, influence and money to their own advantage at the expense of everyone else:

So you see, "stealing" can take many forms.

+1

Since 1980 the top 1% incomes have gone up around 300% while the middle 20% has gone up around 30%.

In 1980 the top 1% controlled 30% of the wealth and now they control 42%.

Can you say plutocracy?

 

[PHOENIX TRADING]

Quote from futurecurrents:

+1

Since 1980 the top 1% incomes have gone up around 300% while the middle 20% has gone up around 30%.

In 1980 the top 1% controlled 30% of the wealth and now they control 42%.

Can you say plutocracy?

Somehow I think you are arguing about the Pareto principle in action.

Here educate yourself because it's unlikely to change.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle

The distribution shows up in several different aspects relevant to entrepreneurs and business managers. For example:
80% of your profits come from 20% of your customers
80% of your complaints come from 20% of your customers
80% of your profits come from 20% of the time you spend
80% of your sales come from 20% of your products
80% of your sales are made by 20% of your sales staff[9]

 

[Trader666]

Stick your plutocracy up uranus.

Quote from futurecurrents:

Can you say plutocracy?