Honestly man, if you're just gonna quote huge chunks from obscure articles you find online, we aren't going to have much of a discussion. I could do the very same thing, post my own equally compelling, but opposite, wall of text. All that does is kill the thread

I'd rather debate a real person, not debate selected excerpts that you found on the web. I'll try to briefly respond to your points

1) Consolidation occurs when there is uncertainty. That means investors are more averse to risk. Hence, less investment. The things that cause uncertainty are heavy-handed tax policies, minimum wage requirements, and excessive government regulations.

2) I don't understand your point here. This whole paragraph just seems like a rant against the Afghan war peppered with some conspiracy theories about how the US gave the Afghan VP all that money for 'permission' to start a war over there. Poor households in America have far more luxuries and government safety nets available to them than a poor household in Afghanistan. Poor households in America have multiple TV's, X-box, and junk food. If 'quality of life' is a measure you care about....America is doing fucking awesome!

3) Why should purchasing power increase? If prices move with income, then everybody stays where they are relative to one another. That's what's supposed to happen. If you get a 3% raise at your job in one year, and in that same year inflation raises prices by 3%, you've gained no purchasing power. Now I'm asking, why should you have? Just showing up for a job doesn't entitle you to shit.

If you want more purchasing power, get a promotion, or a better job, or work more hours and increase your income over and above the rate of inflation.

4) If you add up all the debt incurred by the first 43 presidents, it's still less than the debt racked up by Barry O. And this was while he was doing exactly what you're calling for...raising taxes on the rich, and cutting them for the poor

http://www.politifact.com/virginia/s...raising-taxes/

If that's such an effective policy.....why are workers doing so poorly after 8 years of this?

5) There's no such thing as "too much" income inequality unless you don't have income mobility. The rich don't get rich at the expense of the poor. That's a lie.

6)
If you support Economic Mobility, instead of Equality, America is not the country look to, most of Western Europe is.
False. I'm not sure why you're quoting that article. Particularly, this part....
the trend line suggests the future earnings of today’s children will be tied more and more to the income level of their parents.
That's the OPPOSITE of income mobility.

7) You're talking about "maybe the bond markets will freak out". Check the ticker, all the markets are doing just fine, and are pretty happy with the outlook.