Reply #12: Some more thoughts.

[secedeeconomically]

I believe very few individuals immigrated to the US during the 19th century, as well as today for that matter, out of the need to be free. They, as my parents did almost 30 years ago (I just followed along lol) was out of economic necessity. Therefore, what we have today is the ultra rich, who for the most part like the static quo (Soros excluded), varying scales of the middle class (my self included), the working poor and the immigrant class that work harder than all 3 classes put together. So you ask yourself, "What’s my point?". My point is that the driving forces of this country are innovation and greed and both usually go hand-in-hand. Don’t get me wrong, I wont lie and claim I detest greed. I like 100% of people, to a varying degree, whether they admit it or not are greedy. And greed to certain extend is healthy I believe. It drives you to get up in the morning. But, once the outside world stops believing this is a fair playing ground, where your greed will be rewarded then we are in really trouble. Would anyone go to Vegas if they thought all the games were fixed? And what I’m afraid is happening to this country that everything is being "Fixed" and "Rigged". You can’t play the game if you know that you have no shot at winning. And that the real danger is occurring in the USA. We cannot trust any of the institutions that in the past facilitated in our desire to make a better life.