JorgeBesides the ethical depravity of believing investment income is sacrosanct whereas earned income is not, your comment exposes a myth widely held by relatively trivial investors who watch CNBC and imagine themselves 'players' because they have an Ameritrade account. That myth is that they have a real share of the of the US economy because they own a few equities or bonds either directly or in mutual funds. While I don't have the figure available, the vast majority of such instruments are owned by a handful of plutocrats.

JorgeBesides the ethical depravity of believing investment income is sacrosanct whereas earned income is not, your comment exposes a myth widely held by relatively trivial investors who watch CNBC and imagine themselves 'players' because they have an Ameritrade account. That myth is that they have a real share of the of the US economy because they own a few equities or bonds either directly or in mutual funds. While I don't have the figure available, the vast majority of such instruments are owned by a handful of plutocrats.

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