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Originally Posted by Thymeclock
The rich getting richer, and the poor getting poorer is in the nature of capitalism.
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That hardly squares with the facts. Take a look at the list of richest people in the US here:
The Richest People in America - Forbes.com Most of those people didn't start from wealth (especially if you exclude the heirs of Sam Walton, who didn't start rich), and you can find plenty of similar stories all the way down the economic ladder.
If people live below their income, save, and invest with a modicum of sense, they are very likely to become richer. If they choose to live above their income, and finance their consumerist lifestyles with money borrowed at credit-card interest rates, they are likely to become poor.