It's growing: the gap between rich and poor in the US & UK

Few super execs step up to brag that their profit-making relies on supply chain workers being paid 11 cents (or 5p) per hour. More at www.ablemesh.co.uk/thoughtsgaprich&poor.html

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[madcatzy]

your such a bastard! LoL sizzygirl with pantzy glasses on! mohahahahahaha

[gordong156]

Be careful how much time you spend looking at 'sizzygirl with pantzy glasses' - it could get addictive!

[kieronj]

Most of wealth isnt from harder work! Its from exploitation!

[randy109]

-continued- Government regulation can protect workers, while still being "reasonable" to business. Fine tuning this regulation is cause for much political strife. In the USA the gap is WIDE and growing WIDER every day (due partly to the current recession/depression we are suffering through). We have to protect workers while still motivating business. Capitalist business owners are NOT the enemy. They are just doing what they do! It's a cold, cruel world...

- May God Bless the Poor-

[ThePerceptionn]

Great article, well done. ;-)

[NewDragon80Remix]

@edmilfan69 I've been banned from comments so I reply here.ZeitgeistReview is a child and not democratic. It is only a marketing valuation and it is generic. Not the role, so there are exceptions. But you have to admit that ffxiii is really different from versus and there are sexuals aspect in this diversity. I think they are creating now games based on diferents target. I don't know if this is better or not, but I prefer the old style. But as you said we are free to play what we want. Peace

[edmilfan69]

@zakaslam1 Well I live in an under-privileged region and I don't know anyone who goes shoplifting, let alone using their kids in such a manner. I never needed to steal on benefits either, even when I didn't have anything like a tv or much clothing, and had to furnish a flat (when I eventually managed to get one) out of my own money gradually. It depends on the individuals - many unemployed people are decent, and have worked in the past. Dishonest will be dishonest, those with integrity won't

[CMob09]

This countrys a nice little country for poor people that's why all the foreign people want to come here, we work but not back breaking work but get triple than say a Chinese person who does much more physical work !

[CMob09]

Poor people in UK have a better standard of living in the UK than say poor people in Thailand, India or poor countrys in Africa though.

[zakaslam1]

i dont do shop lifting but a know a lot of families on the dole do it regular and they earn more than me and iam working ,

[zakaslam1]

dumb idoits here in the uk th dole money is 63 a week but if you do shop lifting you make that in a day , if you have kids who ar underage and cant be charge lets say 2 kids they supprisingly make 100 pounds a day if you sell the stuff

[randy109]

The basic capitalist tenet is you pay a person whatever amount that they are willing to accept to "show up" and do the job. While this works well most of the time sometimes circumstances allow the exploitation of the workers. When unemployment is low, and a prospective employee's ability is high, the employee can get more $. When the opposite is true a prospective employee may have to work for a pittance, just to feed his/her family. Trick is to "protect" labor without destroying business.

[Gosling3]

Take an example of Japan. Gap is not as bad as US nor UK. What is important is huge mass of middle class!!!