McElroy on Income Inequality | National Catholic Reporter

McElroy on Income Inequality | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Its an interesting piece and he hits the right areas, including not just the accomplishments but also the problems with capitalism, the free market and the whole makers v. takers thing.  Of course, he, like the Pope, does not prescribe solutions, although several exist - among them realizing that capitalism, both domestic and international, exist not to encourage free markets, but to restrict them for the benefit of the capitalist. The Government, with the support of the Church, as created some floors, but as yet nothing to change the nature of the system - and without such change we are simply perpetuating makers v. takers as a political debate (guess who wins - its not the GOP anymore).  The comments, by the way, run the gamut, including those who stridently defend the status quo as both effective and just (which is obviously is not).  Of course, it would be interesting to visualize politics in an equal society - I am fairly sure we would need no such thing.