The percentage of the US population that live off the productivity of the non parasitic working population is very large. I do not know how the number of Australia’s human parasites compares with our numbers. The high income parasites are the trial lawyers, government consultants, protected industries and of course our “leaders”.
Obama says that he will tax the hedge fund managers while he takes their campaign contributions. He did not mind getting rich from Chicago mobsters in the low income business and from UC’s hospital getting grants from the government.
Meanwhile Bush has caved on Iran by listening to his unqualified Sec State and the CIA. Nuclear war and economic chaos are coming while the greens dream of a world that they organically rule.
I suggest that we read up on how the 30 years war played out.