The Recession and Redistribution of Wealth Are the Same Thing

It may not be obvious when you read this, but it's only one of many signs. The reason I choose this one is that it shows just how wide the ripples propagate when wealth is redistributed. Don't let the circumstances of this particular redistribution end the conversation, either. Most of the accumulation of vast sums into the accounts of the very few are also the result of criminal activity.

I don't understand how people in this country cannot connect the massive fraud and consequent enriching of a few, with the unemployment, underemployment, wage freezes and wage reductions of the many. As Bill Maher points out, the riches of the rich won't simply and spontaneously explode and rain down equally on the rest.