INCOME GAP SCHMINCOME GAP - THE QUALITY OF LIFE GAP IS WHAT COUNTS AND IT IS SHRINKING (BUMPED)

THE LEFT HAS ALWAYS LOVED TO SPIN MENDACIOUS PROPAGANDA AROUND THE FALSE RATION THEY CALL "THE INCOME GAP".

ZBIG BRZEZINSKI AND ANDREA MITCHELL USED THIS LEFTIST MEME JUST THE OTHER DAY.

NO ONE DISMANTLED IT BETTER THAN THATCHER DID - IN 1980, IN BRITAIN:

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN ASSESS WHEN LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE ADVANCING AS A PEOPLE AND A NATION IS NOT THE RELATIVE INCOME GROWTH OF VARIOUS SUBSETS, BUT WHETHER THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPROVING FOR EVERYONE.

AND THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER THAT OVER THE LAST DECADE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR POOR PEOPLE IN THE USA HAS GREATLY IMPROVED AND THAT "THE QUALITY OF LIFE GAP" HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE IN THE LAST DECADE AS IT HAS FOR THE LAST 100 YEARS IN THE USA.

• THE POOR HAVE BETTER QUALITY HOUSING - WHETHER THEY OWN OR RENT.

• THEY HAVE BETTER CLOTHING.

• THEY EAT BETTER - IN HOME AND AT RESTAURANTS.

• BETTER TRANSPORTATION - WHETHER THEY OWN SUBCOMPACTS (WHICH ARE AS GOOD TODAY AS LUXURY SPORTS CARS WERE 30 YEARS AGO).

• BETTER TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT.

• AND BETTER COMPUTING EQUIPMENT
• AND MORE ACCESS TO MORE INFORMATION
• AND MORE SHOPPING VENUES
• AND MORE SELLING VENUES THAN EVER BEFORE.

• THEY ARE TRAVELING MORE AND HAVING MORE SEX LONGER AND LATER IN LIFE. AND THEY ARE LIVING LONGER.

LET'S JUST FACE IT FOLKS:

• WHO FREAKIN CARES IF - IN 1955 - THE AVERAGE MANAGER OR OWNER MADE ONLY 4X WHAT HIS WORKER MADE IF IN 1955 THE WORKER COULD NOT AFFORD A CAR OR A PHONE OR A TV!?!

• AND WHAT FREAKIN DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE IF THE OWNER NOW MAKES 40X WHAT HIS WORKERS MAKE IF ALL THE WORKERS ARE MUCH MORE BETTER OFF NOW THAN EVER BEFORE?!?!

• IT ONLY REALLY MATTERS TO DEMAGOGUES WHO SEEK TO USE THE "INCOME GAP" TO FOMENT ENVY AND COVETOUSNESS AND CLASS WAR SO THEY CAN GET ELECTED AND LINE THEIR OWN POCKETS AND THE POCKETS OF THEIR CRONIES.

REMEMBER THIS ABOUT THE NEW SUPER-RICH - LIKE GOOGLE'S BILLIONAIRES AND THE LATE STEVE JOBS AND GATES:

• THEY EARNED THEIR MONEY BY INVENTING STUFF THAT MADE THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BETTER AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES BETTER, TOO - AND THEY MADE THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE VERY VERY RICH TOO.

• THESE SUPER-RICH FOLKS - THE MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES OBAMA LIKES TO TARGET FOR CLASS HATRED AND ENVY - SHOULDN'T BE REVILED; THEY SHOULD BE EMULATED.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WEIRD IRONIC THINGS THAT MAKES MANY LOWER INCOME PEOPLE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE APPEAL OF CLASS WAR ...

IS THE FACT THAT

• THE STUFF POOR PEOPLE CAN NOW BY IS SO DAMN GOOD...
• THAT THEY CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THE STUFF THEY CAN'T AFFORD AND THAT RICH PEOPLE BUY IS REALLY DEMONSTRABLY ANY BETTER...
• SO THEY PRESUME THAT IT'S WASTEFUL GLUTTONOUS CONSUMPTION...
• AND SIGNIFIES NOTHING MORE THAN SNOBBERY AND AND ONEUPSMANSHIP WHICH MAKES THEM THINK IT'S MEAN-SPIRITED AND BAD.

THE LESS WELL-OFF SHOULDN'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE MORE WELL-OFF PEOPLE ARE ONLY SPENDING THEIR OWN MONEY.

AND THE FACT THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS RICHER DOESN'T MAKE THEM POORER.

THE PEOPLE THE LESS WELL-OFF SHOULD BE PISSED OFF AT ARE THE CAREER POLITICIANS WHO ARE SUCKING THE LIFE-BLOOD OUT OF THE ECONOMY TO SPEND ON THE SCHEMES DEVELOPED BY THEIR LOBBYIST CRONIES.