[The Left’s constant message drizzles into people’s ears that the rich are taking money from the middle and the poor, causing untold suffering across the land.  The real data on the economy and the spending behavior of consumers contradicts all of this.  But under tight socialist teachings and control none of this information reaches the “over educated” public.  They are led to believe that the rich are hiding their great wealth under mattresses where it does not contribute to the common good.  These geniuses have no idea nor do they even think to ask where does all the capital come from that is used to build factories, data centers, … create/sustain the millions of  jobs in the country’s workforce, and pay for the poorly managed government maintenance of our infrastructure and wasteful wealth redistribution programs.  Here’s a hint: it comes from corporate retained earnings and the savings of millions of makers.  Government does not generate wealth, it only enables its generation by a few enlightened policies and mainly staying out of the way.  gjr]