the biggest contradiction in this thread is the very first post, which states:
"one can only imagine the homeless in the street. the starving, the desperate, the armed crimminals etc, ready to prey on 'the haves'...."
currently we are in a financial crisis, due to sub-prime, which like all financial crisis of the past, present and future is created by 'the haves'....
some create a problem and then ask: "How do I fixed the problem [I created]???"....never realising the source of the problem...
economic depressions are the result of economic excesses, just like psychological depression is a result of some indulgent love affair or a hangover is the result of too much wine...