Here comes the war on income inequality!

[Jim in CT]

The 2014 midterms are coming up. The Dems have twice as many US Senate seats up for election in 2014 (the Senate class of 2008 is up for re-election). With the economy still sluggish, Obamacare being a disaster, and Obama's approval ratings in #^&#^&#^&#^& Cheney territory, the Dems need something to rally around, something that makes the other side look monstrous.

Say hello to income inequality.

How dumb does one have to be, to buy into this. No one likes the fact that there are poor people out there who struggle. But here is what most liberals cannot seem to grasp...one person's wealth does not cause another person's poverty. Wealth is not finite, it's not like a pizza. If Oprah Winfrey earns another million today, that does not mean there's a million less for the rest of us to scrounge for.

The solution to income inequality isn't to drag wealthy people down. The solution is giving poor people the tools they need to climb the ladder.

Our country declared 'war on poverty' 50 years ago. Since then, we have spent trillions fighting poverty, and the percentage of people living in poverty hasn't changed much. Why? Because for most poor people, their poverty isn't caused by a lack of money (the lack of money is the outcome, not the cause). Their poverty is caused by their own behavior, abilities, and priorities. You do not solve that by taking from those who have wealth.

i really don't like the way this argument is framed by the left...namely, that conservatives care less about the poor than liberals. There are studies that show that conservatives donate more time and money to charity than liberals do, and when you consider how each side views religion, that makes intuitive sense.

Finally, when the left talks about how unfair income inequality is, the boogeyman is ALWAYS a corporate CEO. The left never seems to care about actors or singers who are jillionaires. That tells me that wealth is OK, as long as it comes from a source that is left-leaning?

It's absurd. Yet somehow, it works.