All fair points,RB. But you conveniently forget to mention the abuses of labor that led to where we currently are. The exploitation of workers by the bosses and corporations that brought about this demand for equity and fairness in the labor market and subsequently made America the envy of the developed world. It served us well for generations of Americans since the industrial revolution made skilled labor in demand. And the tragedies of the coal miners' battles with their bosses and their overpriced company stores that made Americans aware and ashamed of what was happening and finally forced Congress to pass labor laws to halt the abuses. There would always have been a Jimmy Hoffa. He was inevitable. He just saw the outrages and decided to stop them. We all know that communism and socialism has created more human misery than it has solved. But the idea of a fair day's work for a fair day's pay is still the holy grail. And it will find equilibrium if allowed to function fairly. We are an imperfect species, RB, and the powerful will always attempt to exploit the weak. They have for thousands of years. It is ingrained in our DNA. The blight of slavery in America is still damaging this nation today. And before that it was indentured servitude. The tantalizing evil of human exploitation and subjugation is just too powerful. You mention investing to grow your wealth and not relying on wages. Wall Street is now a clown casino of insanity fed by a Federal Reserve that is destroying and debasing our currency. The average investor will not have the luxury of the milliseconds of advanced warning necessary to save themselves when this crashes. That has been rigged as well by the elite. Like you, I believe it is inevitable that America will be destroyed from within, as global markets and supply chains begin to exploit their working classes. But the problem isn't the concept of wage equity. That is impossible on a global scale to now be matched by American labor. It is corrupt and greedy politicians in league with greedy, powerful, selfish individuals without a spark of humanity in their souls but with the power to make it happen that will be our undoing. I like your reasoned comments, sir, but I see you as the purser of the USS Titanic, trying to get everyone in steerage to put down their life jackets and help rearrange the deck chairs, while the orchestra plays on.