Yahoo Finance has an interesting article that shows what my dad has said for years: the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer. Actually, Robert Merton coined the term the Matthew principle in 1968 with reference to this phrase. The problem, as I see it, is corporate greed and the individual greed that fuels it. Foreign workers are not the problem; it is the companies that are willing to exploit them.
The disparity of the rich and the poor will continue to become more marked. It will eventually fuel discontent. As one of my favorite bands, Adam Again, said years ago in their song Tree House that there is a tree house in the sky where the strong rule and they pulled up the ladder and children are left out of the tree house. "Someone throw the ladder down". We need some sort of reform or transformation to help those in power see their need to share the wealth in radical ways. I appreciate the Buffet and Gates’ challenge to the super rich. But we need more than challenges, we need change.
Overall, my concern isn’t for the middle class of America. We are still the richest in the world. My concern is for the third world and the desperately poor. They will rise in judgment on the last day on our culture of luxury. But since we have the majority of the super rich in our country and the majority of the corporate gods, we have to work for reform in our country. We are the closest to the super rich and we have the vote to bring some change. We also can pray and enter into the battle for the hearts of the super rich.
Enough ranting for now…
