Strongly disagree. My classmates picked on me, my teachers didn't challenge me. The state didn't pay for my education. I'm successful because I've applied myself while my peers were screwing off.
Just because you need consumers to become wealthy doesn't mean that you're exploiting them... wealth creation is NOT a zero-sum game. Becoming wealthy is the reward you get for making consumer's lives better.
Edit// For clarification, I'm fine with paying taxes.
But I don't owe a debt to society just because of my success. I'm an equal citizen with everyone else, and we all benefit from the stability that government provides.
I would also say that if the concept of "societal debt" is legitimate, then the poor have accrued much more debt anyway.
(I'm fine with the downvotes. My highest net-point posts usually start with some downvotes.)
Just because you need consumers to become wealthy doesn't mean that you're exploiting them... wealth creation is NOT a zero-sum game. Becoming wealthy is the reward you get for making consumer's lives better.
Edit// For clarification, I'm fine with paying taxes. But I don't owe a debt to society just because of my success. I'm an equal citizen with everyone else, and we all benefit from the stability that government provides. I would also say that if the concept of "societal debt" is legitimate, then the poor have accrued much more debt anyway.
(I'm fine with the downvotes. My highest net-point posts usually start with some downvotes.)