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The conclusion I come to from some of the points made almost equate to: "To make everyone a millionaire print more money".

Increasing taxes and the average income really does little in the scheme of things other than create/abolish a disparity. The talk of money offers no real solutions, throwing money to fix US education has done next to nothing.

I have been in places where most people had very little money and it was wonderful, while in some rich places it was anarchy with people living behind razor wire and armed guards.

There are a lot of books that have been written about how to fix things in poorer countries. Take a look at William Easterly or if you like Bono try Jeffrey Sachs. Whatever your politics there is no easy answer. Try reading some books and see the mess that has been made by people trying to make things better, and all they've done is make it worse.