We can’t control what others do and we can’t stop misfortune from striking. But we can control our own actions. Those who are financially prudent will most likely enjoy success, even if events don’t always go their way.
Stop the envy.
Stop blaming others and circumstances.
Stop expecting to use the taxes only others pay.
Stop playing the victim.
Stop believing the lies about our economy or that the wealth of others limits yours
Stop believing the economic pie is limited
Stop letting yourself be manipulated
Guest Essay New York Times 6-21-25
There is a real problem that fuels much of this envy, of course. America’s widening wealth gap is a major threat to our prosperity.
That wealth gap, though, is not the result of foreign exploitation, government inefficiency or generous entitlement programs. First and foremost, it is a consequence of asset inflation.
Over the past two decades, those who held real estate and stocks watched their net worth explode. Those who didn’t didn’t.
Trump-era policies — tax cuts, deregulation, capital gains preferences — further widened this chasm under the false promise of economic populism. As those tax cuts are extended and expanded, the wealth gap — and the envy it inspires — will grow.
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“The peasants are revolting.”
There is a difference between wealth inequality and income inequality. Even the poorest Americans* should have enough for basic food, clothing, and shelter. And cream in their coffee. Even if they don’t or can’t work due to disability, or lack of jobs. Necessary jobs, not make-work.
Where will that money come from? The rich, and semi-rich (Me, and you.) Call it enlightened self interest.
The economic pie is not limited. Resources are.
*Or Swedes, Danes, French or Russians
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Sorry, the “wealth gap” has been an issue long before the idiot Trump showed up.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SIPOVGINIUSA
In 2020, Trump 1 every year he has been in office, the GINI coefficient was 40 or 41 – a level first achieved during Bill Clinton’s first year in office. It has been there ever since.
You can argue wealth isn’t income, however, wealth distribution trends have also been all but constant since Clinton was president.
https://usafacts.org/articles/how-has-wealth-distribution-in-the-us-changed-over-time/
To blame it on the idiot Trump is to misplace the blame – you could just as easily have targeted Clinton, Bush 2, Obama, Trump 1 and Biden.
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Al Lindquist:
1st 7 you write about I would agree with completely.
NY Times piece is what I expect from them–yes, asset inflation, which means of course rising stock and real estate prices–when you dump $ into the system (M2 money supply) it’s like water seeking its level–the money flows to equities–real estate–gold/silver–art work and maybe other assets I cannot recall. Your action led to the obvious reaction. What did these folks expect?
Of course it’s all the fault of Trump but didn’t the corpse agree to inflate the money supply for all the spending programs? You can’t help but laugh at these folks. They think the money fairy sent out those checks. Were they furious when the checks went out? Economic dolts!
Someone tell me what economic populism is? Have the lefties a new credo? Maybe I need to look at their new signs when they next riot, loot, burn, and pillage. Nobody does a better job than the loons on the left.
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