Also "concentrated wealth."
2007-10-15 09:54:27 · 7 answers · asked by Major Deek 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
There are no such things. They are manufactured.
2007-10-15 10:15:20 · update #1
Or a sociologist, but then again, what's the difference, really?
2007-10-15 10:03:08 · answer #1 · answered by DJ Cosmolicious 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Nope. Dude...this is NOT 1986...I fail to understand all the 'commie' crap on here from right wingers. Dems and liberals are not commies any more than you are a fascist. Come on! Stop the name calling...if you want to have a productive debate, lets go for it, but this only gives you and other right wing folks a bad name...and it's a classic right wing strategy...instead of addressing the issue, you attack the arguer. I'm sure you are smarter than that. Attack the position, argue for your position, but don't make yourself sound like you haven't a leg to stand on.
2007-10-15 17:11:33 · answer #2 · answered by prekinpdx 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, I assume I'm speaking to an educated person. The gap between poor and rich is the widest in forty years.
The wealthiest 20 percent of households in 1973 accounted for 44 percent of total U.S. income, according to the Census Bureau. Their share jumped to 50 percent in 2002, while everyone else's fell. For the bottom fifth, the share dropped from 4.2 percent to 3.5 percent.
2007-10-15 17:05:05 · answer #3 · answered by Zardoz 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No -- I assuming I'm talking to an economist, or at least to someone who is discussing economic theory.
Communists want there to be no private property ownership at all -- meaning no poor and no rich -- which is a MUCH bigger step than just talking about differences in income.
2007-10-15 17:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, I've never thought that.
Although whenever I hear someone use the phrase "commie",
I figure it is coming from a simple, shallow person.
2007-10-15 16:58:39 · answer #5 · answered by R8derMike 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, they are terms used in economics and economics research.
How are words manufactured? And if they are manufactured they thus fit into the capitalist system, thus invalidating your initial statement of the words being communist.
2007-10-15 16:58:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. If you prefer nations with an even a wider income gap than we have in the US there are many dictatorships in Latin America and Africa you should move to.
2007-10-15 17:05:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋