[quote]This post alone shows the ignorance of the typical American voter and why the US government will manipulate the masses for a very long time to come.[/quote] I don't live in the US, which fortunately means that through my life I've been able to mostly steer clear of the ridiculous economic rhetoric that regularly permeates US media at election times. [quote]With this logic all Muslims should be imprisoned immediately.[/quote] I don't see what Muslims have to do with anything in this thread. Not only is your point here devoid of logic, it is offensive. [quote]To think that because someone at some point in time was able to exploit (something) and accumulate wealth and then pass that wealth along to heirs means that we should deconstruct the concept of property ownership. As opposed to, you know, focus on the issue of their original exploitation.[/quote] I would argue that any historic issues of exploitation should be focused on by the appropriate bodies, if there is a practical reason to do so. Wealth generated by exploitation isn't what is being discussed here however - we're talking about intergenerational transfers and their progressive impact on general levels of weath inequality in the US. [quote]Without any question, the most corrupt families in the history of the US have been those connected to the federal government and yet people yearn to transfer more privately generated wealth to their custody. Typical.[/quote] I'm not a US history expert - I wouldn't know how some of the richer families in the US acquired their original fortunes - but again, that's not relevant to what is actually being discussed here.