Income inequality shows socialism not a worry

I got a chuckle out of Garrison Keillor's comment (Aug. 15) that brainlessness has not stopped people from weighing in on health insurance reform. He said, “Here are mobs of flannel-mouthed robots denouncing Socialist Gummint Takeover as Medicare goes rolling along rather tidily.”

It's worse than that. According to a new study by the University of California, income inequality - the gap between the richest Americans and the poorest - is greater than it has ever been. Nearly 25 percent of total income goes to the top

1 percent of Americans.

Meanwhile, more people are planning a demonstration because they think the country is turning socialist. They have it backward. We are all getting robbed by the elite, yet the right wing cheers them on as if their actions are a virtue.

Pete Babusci

Cedar Rapids