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Michael Moore says the top 400 richest Americans' wealth now exceeds the cumulative affluence of the bottom 50 percent of the American population, 155 million people.

For all of Michael Moore's faults, this statement is true. However, the message he attempts to make is impotent due to his own hypocrisy and his shallow understanding of why the wealthy are prosperous.

What strikes about Michael Moore is that he is a man who rails against capitalism and recently said rich people’s money "is not theirs, that's a national resource, that's ours. We all have this â€" we all benefit from this or we all suffer as a result of not having it."

For those who don’t know, Michael Moore is worth over $50 million. He made that fortune in our capitalist system by being a capitalist himself. I don’t see him rushing to give away his millions to the bottom 50 percent of income earners, nor have I heard that he voluntarily donated millions to the federal ! government.

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