Quote Originally Posted by carl View Post
Mike:

Charles Murray's latest book, Coming Apart covers something related to this. I thought Murray's book was very good. It is about how a small slice of society is running the outfit but they are separate from, by choice, and ignorant of the rest of society.

An example of "what somebodies may do to nobodies" is the unfolding LIBOR scandal. Nobody is going to go to jail I'll bet.
carl,I meant to tell you. I have not read the book yet but I have heard a couple of interviews with the author and read some reviews. I agree completely with what the author has to say. When I was a kid and if you had gone to the church where I went to it was a complete mix of the richest and some of the poorest. The rich (quietly) always saw to it that the poor would have access to vital services(including Santa Claus!) and never made a big deal about it so the poor were never embarrassed about their situation but never had to worry about suffering. It isn't like that anymore, a few years ago I went back and visited that church or rather I tried to visit, no more open worship you had to be recommended to join. The rich have formed a very exclusive club and it is not good for the country.