How are the rich getting richer in this economy?

Question

I just saw the story on the yahoo front page. It kind of pissed me off. Then again if you have 20mill plus in the bank I cant see how you can go broke anyway. Unless of course your just plan stupid.

Answer 1

The majority of their wealth can be invested, thus increasing it's overall worth.

Your average person on the other hand spends most of their income, on necessities of survival such as a mortgage, food, utilities, insurance etc. so has little or no disposable wealth to speak of with which to invest ...

Answer 2

They rely on the hard work of middle and lower class america. If it wasn't for us, they wouldn't be rich at all.

Credit card companies rely on people to NOT have good credit, to NOT pay their bills on time, in order to charge outragous fees and interest.

Health care industry NEEDS people to be sick in order to be in bussiness.

I could go on and on..... but that is why the get richer. They rely on our hard work, and our money. We are the ones feeding the monster known as Capitalism.