@ChrisMayLA6 But we must remember, that inequality is nothing bad in itself, and just a consequence of peoples different abilities, priorities and laws of nature. It is an integral and important feature of our economic system, and removing inequality will hurt everyones quality of life, since it removes a strong incentive to work, and also, the feedback mechanism that determines when you are doing something right or not.
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I'd agree that where inequality is related to personal/individual proclivities & actions then you're right; the key Q. is what about the inequalities that are not due to those individual actions, either due to the effects of luck & happenstance, or where inequalities are engineered by political processes.
If we could easily divide off these two aspects then politics would be a lot easier... perhaps the difference is to which aspect we give the benefit of the doubt?
@ChrisMayLA6 If we're talking venn diagram time ;) I'd be perfectly happy to do something about wealth which has been gained only by having the government as a customer. On the other hand, I do not know how that could be, while also not ending up in a situation where the government would have to pay more, or have less choice, since no one good would want to do business with the government if profits where regulated.
Then you have obvious bribes and government incompetence, such as
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