Bernie Sanders is running around the country braying that our economy is “designed by the wealthiest people in this country to benefit the wealthiest people in this country at the expense of everybody else.” If he'd left off the last six words, he's be absolutely right. Our economy is designed to reward those who are extraordinary economic producers. That's pretty much how you become really wealthy. Doing things that others find quite valuable -- whether designing great smartphones or hitting .325. The last six words are where he goes (intentionally, I'm sure) wrong. If the economy is "designed" by the successful to reward only the successful, they sure screwed it up. Darn,
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