When will wealth difference rules of court be officially acknowledged in the US

[alan2here]

Such as, legal action against somone some number of times more wealthy becoming illegal.

edit: Sorry first two posters, bad typo originally.

[u9y42]

Such as, legal action against somone some number of times less wealthy becoming illegal.

I don't think we should look at it that way - abuses would still occur, those less wealthy would still be at a disadvantage, and so on. I would much rather the legal system wasn't pay to win at all.

[BADecker]

Such as, legal action against somone some number of times less wealthy becoming illegal.

Well, if the poor guy is a thief, he would have to check the income tax returns of the rich guy he was robbing, to make sure the rich guy was X number of times wealthier than he.

As he grew wealthier from all his stealing, he would have to be sure to under report his net worth so that he could stay within a certain litigation protection range. After all, he wouldn't want to have to rob wealthier people who might have armed guards that would shoot first, and maybe not even ask questions later.

 

EDIT: Could the poor thief get insurance that would protect him in case a thief X number of times poorer than he stole all that wealth he had been thieving over the years, since he couldn't litigate to get it back?

[alan2here]

Sorry, wrong way round, meant 'more' wealthy.

As this is almost as things are at the moment, seems better to offically recognise than try and thinly disguise.

[Possum577]

NEVER!

Why would this every happen in the US, a democratic and capitalist society? It goes against everything the country was built upon!

[saddampbuh]

probably never, the gap between richest and poorest has been growing for some time with no end in sight

[u9y42]

NEVER!

Why would this every happen in the US, a democratic and capitalist society? It goes against everything the country was built upon!

I'm not so sure it really goes against anything the country was built upon, at least looking at the views of the "founders"; but regardless, it is already, and has been for a long time, the status quo.

probably never, the gap between richest and poorest has been growing for some time with no end in sight

Precisely. Which goes to his point that, as that is in effect the state of affairs, society might just as well recognize it and move on - I disagree we should go about it that way, as stated in my previous post, but it seems a fair point to make nonetheless.

[username18333]

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probably never, the gap between richest and poorest has been growing for some time with no end in sight

Precisely. Which goes to his point that, as that is in effect the state of affairs, society might just as well recognize it and move on - I disagree we should go about it that way, as stated in my previous post, but it seems a fair point to make nonetheless.

(Red colorization mine.)

It is a peculiar fellow that acknowledges a rise yet trips over it anyway.

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