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Wall Street Protests - IMHO

True or False; Milton Friedman believed that capitalism could not survive as long as there is a middle class. Billionaires buying up the railroads?

Who's really to blame?

IMHO it is the game of Monopoly! Say what? Yip, it all boils down to a four person game of Monopoly where the last person has all the money and property. The other 3 players are stripped naked and awash in poverty.

I call it the Monopoly Syndrome or Milton Friedman's rule of capitalism; you know, capitalism is doomed as long as there is a middle class. There can only be 2 classes, the rich and labor.

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Wasn't one of the major goals in Monopoly to own all four railroads?  Here are a couple of interesting facts, no fiction.

1.  Bill Gates now owns majority stake in the Canadan Railway CN.  A $3.2 billion dollar investment.

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2. Birkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffet et. al.) acquires a railroad.

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