Sadly it is greed that drives Americans. We want the biggest house. We want the most luxurious cars. We want the most expensive jewelry. Scrooge McDuck simply reflects that attitude.

 In America’s richest town, $500,000 a year is now below average. That is the headline of a bloomberg.com article. Under Politics on the same website is an article titled Soak-the-Rich Tax Plans Take Hold in the Entire Democratic Field.

 USNews.com reports that In the U.S., there are 607 billionaires, up from 586 last year and 404 in 2010, and 14 of the world’s 20 richest are from the U.S. CNN reports that Most U.S. jobs pay under $20 an hour and 18 million jobs pay $10 or less an hour. Fast food workers seem to be the lowest paid group at $8.81 per hour.

The Walton family heirs are billionaires but the average wage for a full-time, hourly worker at Walmart is $14.26 an hour. And while Jeff Bezos just purchased a home in Los Angeles for $165 million (.13% of his total wealth) the typical Amazon Warehouse Worker makes $14 per hour.

Is it any wonder that Bernie Sanders is the front runner in the Democratic Party primaries?

Swapping Michael Bloomberg for Donald Trump won’t change the fact that protection of the rich from taxes is a reality. Income from property owned and interest/dividends received are taxed at lower rates than earned income. We need a new way of enabling all Americans to live comfortably without the fear of loss of their home and accumulated wealth brought on by high medical bills and other unforeseen expenses.

Where are the ideas other than socialism? None of the Democratic Party candidates has an idea other than a wealth tax. Joe Biden’s response to the question at a town hall was we’ll find a way. Debate moderators never ask the difficult questions.

Four more years of Donald Trump seems the likely outcome in November.