Measure not the Wealth of a Nation in the Prosperity of a Few

 One man's riches, do not the prosperity of a nation make. Nor do 500 billionaires necessarily make the country bounteous.
  Rich people often control the economy, but they don't always prosper it.
  It seems it should be a corollary of a good economy that you don't need for men to become rich. To the contrary, there are times when their large incomes become a drain on the economy. Possible case in point: Among our affluent are the high rollers in the medical industry, yet the populace, as a whole, struggles to pay insurance and medical bills. And, another possible case in point: Top executives in the military industrial complex are very well off, yet the burden to the taxpayers is great, accounting for more than half of the national budget.
   I say possible case in point, because I have not seen studies on the percentage of money flowing into the pockets of industry high executives.
   But, I wonder.
   It could also be argued that any company paying its employees so meagerly they remain poor is a drain on the economy, as a whole, for they keep more people in poverty than the number of those they prosper.
   Well, I would write more, but 'tis late, and bed calls. But, I go to bed suggesting the wealth of a nation should not be measured in the prosperity of the few. I go to bed suggesting the prosperity of a few can be the burden of the many.