I’ve noticed an interesting trend emerging among the politically “progressive” (remember when they called themselves “socialists”?) in recent years: as poverty in this country becomes harder and harder to point to, and as fewer and fewer social “injustices” are commonplace, the attention has been moving to an attack on “the gap” between rich and poor. Jack Layton and the NDP have been particularly vocal in their battle to close the gap, and make us all equal, and their favorite weapon in this battle is the redistribution of wealth – tax the rich. Some thinking hasn’t changed, but the reality is that the world is changing – and it’s changing for the better.

And as for “the gap’, I’m not so convinced that a) the gap is nearly as wide as the “progressives” tell us it is, and b) the gap is such a bad thing.

The video below offers a fascinating look at some economic statistics from around the world, and should cause some of us to reconsider our assumptions:

h/t to Paul A. over at SDA.