In America, we have different economic levels ranging from lower-lower class to upper-upper class. This is supposed to be a bell shaped curve with the majority being in the middle which would be called middle class.
Somewhere along the way, we have decided that the wealth should be distribute equally among all. Not sure why that is, but it is a philosophy that is running rampant throughout our country and is causing more harm than good.
My wife and I would qualify for middle class and I do not have a problem with the rich getting richer like so many other Americans. We live in a free trade society and the American Dream was to come to this country and become successful, whatever that actually meant.
The Democrats are pushing this idea that the money the rich make should be more evenly distributed among the employees/soceity. Here is the problem with that, the employees have risked nothing other than to work for a set income value. If they lose their job, they go look for another or if they decide they no longer want to work for their current employer, they go look for another job.
Democrats want employees to sit on the company boards and be given stocks. Now you are interfering with free trade. Why are employees deserving of such things? They are not because again they have risked nothing.
The employer has put up all the capital and in some cases this is their homes, their retirement accounts, their cars, the savings accounts, money of friends and relatives, etc. If their company fails what does the employee lose, a job, but the employer can lose everything.
In fact more businesses fail than succeed by about 5-10 to 1. Meaning a business is 5 to 10 times more likely to fail than succeed. After about the 3rd to 5th time, a person may become successful and create a business that is profitable.
In other countries, they do not have minimum wages but decide how much a job is worth and they pay them according to those set upon wages. I have a problem with that, it takes away a persons ability to negotiate for better pay. If a company decides to hire me based on my qualifications, then I should determine what my qualifications are worth, not the government nor unions nor anyone else. For example, if a company offers me 150K plus benefits, but I think I am worth 200k plus benefits it should be my right to negotiate with the company to get a higher wage. All the company can say is no.
There never has been and never will be income equality. Kings in ancient times always made more than their subjects. CEOs will always make more than their employees. Drs, Lawyers, Engineers, Etc will always make more than fast food workers.
If America is determined to push this income equality, then more Americans will be out of work. The issue is that those Americans who are working for lower wages want to improve their economic status, but they do not want to assume risk or responsibility to due so. Raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour will only succeed in putting more people out of work, but I believe that is what the Democrats want.
The more people out of work, the more welfare is needed. The more welfare is needed, the higher taxes have to go. The higher taxes go, the more people will need help from the government and it becomes a vicious cycle that spirals downward with two classes, the rich and the poor.
Now lets look at the Bible and income inequality. The is the story of the talents. In this story, everyone was not given equal number of talents, but the number of talents that was associated with their abilities. One was Given five, one was given two, and one was given one. Everyone double their number of talents except the one who was given one. He decided to horde that talent for fear of losing it.
There is another story dealing with fake money and learning to invest. A person was given $100,000 worth of fake money to invest in stocks, futures, etc. After two weeks, this person had only invested a few thousand. When confronted about why he had only invested a few thousand, he explained that he was afraid of making a mistake and losing all the money. The instructor told him that it is fake money so it does not matter.
However, this is how people are. You will always have risk takers and those who are are afraid of taking a risk. So are we to penalize the risk takers by making sure what they have earned is evenly distributed to others? If so, then why would anyone take a risk? Also, if my job pays the same as a person not working, then why should I bust my butt to work?
If Democrats get their way with income equality, America is doomed. It may not be today or tomorrow, but eventually, those that are hard working will stop. Those that are risk takers or innovators will cease. Don’t believe me, just do google searches about true socialism.
Do what you want, but come this November, I am voting for Trump. Not because I like Trump, I do not. I think he is the most arrogant man I have ever heard speak, but I am not voting for him. I am voting for the party platform which is to lower taxes, make people take more responsibility, get people out into the workforce, get people to be contributors to society versus leeches, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to due process, the right to bear arms, the right to vote, the right to peacefully assemble, the right to secure borders, free trade, but ultimately I am voting for freedom.