The problem is that the whole system is rigged.For instance, when they raise the minimum wage, the cost of everything goes up to offset the cost to the employer.... it's passed on to the consumer. So prices of goods go up but things like old age pensions stay the same and the elderly can't afford groceries. The price of goods going up also means the people who got the wage increase still can only afford to buy the same as before. Big companies insist on a higher margin of profits every year than the year before or even quarterly. Also employers will reduce staff to make up the loss or only hire part-time employees so they don't have to pay benefits. As I said, it's rigged every way you can think of. Example: people pay in to unemployment their whole lives, well, as soon as they start receiving a pay check. A lot of people never need to receive unemployment or maybe once or twice before they retire. So where does that money go when you retire or die? It should go to a beneficiary like a family member .... but it doesn't. The government keeps it. How about buying a used vehicle. Every time that vehicle is sold/bought, sales tax has to be paid. If you buy a used fridge from a guy down the road do you have to pay sales tax? Just examples on how we get ripped off every day in every way and people don't even think about it.