Reply #23: I'd like for politicians to start asking at least one thing of corporations and the wealthy:

[HughBeaumont]

To start fulfilling their responsibility to society and the economy as benevolent citizens, not "Infallible Lords and Masters over you untermensch", as they're treated now.

What we have isn't pure capitalism. It's unbridled corporatism. The rich over the past 15 years have seen unprecedented spikes in their personal incomes and wealth, while real wages for the middle and working classes, factoring inflation, have been pretty much flat since the early 70s.