When is enough enough? The 'scrooges' at the top refuse to acknowledge the depravity of the destitute, pay survival wages, and make equitable health care and retirement available to those at the bottom. Many of them cling to the mantra that they made it on their own and everyone else can do the same. Sure, some of them appear to have done just that. But, for most of them, they have enjoyed generations of inheritance and special privilege of family and wealth. Hope, education, and opportunity is not equally available to all economic levels.

Does the millionaire need more millions? Is civilization best served by the survival of the fittest? Without economic and social regulation, the greedy nature of man allows individuals to ignore basic needs of others. Oh yes, we like to think that 'good' will overcome 'evil'. This appears to be the hope of Christianity and all of mankind. But, the historical reality is, in this world and in this time, it doesn't. Without some kind of social enforcement of conscience, things just go from bad to worse.

If we don't come to terms with the political divide over economics and we fall off the fiscal cliff, as has been predicted, who will be most apt to survive economically? Who will not be able to hold on long enough to retain their investments and style of living? Will the millionaires have to liquidate all their savings and business holdings to provide the basic essentials for their daily living? The top tier will most likely be able to absorb more of the bottom tier's business holdings, thus leaving them in a stronger position to see bigger profits, if and when the economy does recover.

Third world nations have always had a few ultra wealthy and a multitude of survivors, hoping for enough to maintain their existence from day to day. Is that what we want in the U.S., today? If it isn't, then we had best figure out an equitable way to share the wealth of this country. We had best figure out an equitable way to finance our government to protect the lives and investments of everyone. The life and investment of the millionaire is no more sacred than the life and investment of the pauper.