99% vs Tom Perkins? Or Perkins just old man fighting for relevance

Is there something to be said about the disparity on income and wealth in the USA and world over?  The answer would be a resounding yes.  If the rich are feeling victimized then obviously the message must have been skewed at some point.  Hard to understand how one with so much could possibly feel anything but privileged.   One can confidently say Tom Perkins was hardly a choice that the 1% would have chosen to be their collective voice for he clearly does not speak for the majority of what he affectionately refers to as a "minority".

In an interview with Emily Chang of Bloomberg Tom Perkins is "Comparing the problem to the Holocaust".

The sheer absurdity of the term requires one not to get worked out about Perkins at all but to feel sorry for him.  He is an extremely accomplished millionaire.  Not a billionaire by his own admission but he brags of having personally facilitated others in becoming billionaires.  Clearly the wits he had to achieve this is no longer there in abundance. 

The debate is narrowly discussed and one has to choose a camp - either with the Democrats and be accused of income redistribution or Republicans and only desired to discuss cutting taxes.  Personally I do not want to be boxed into either camp.  I believe that opportunities need to be provided to allow people to work for a living.  I do not believe any person with self-pride would opt for handouts instead of a good steady job.  I sincerely believe good people apply for unemployment benefits because they genuinely need to feed their family.  But I do also believe that these benefits need to be streamline and better manage to avoid abuse.  Extending them was necessary during the Great Recession but at some point this too needs to stop.

What is missed in the discussion about income disparity is the mere fact that with so many slipping into poverty there is a significant decrease in the numbers to whom these extremely accomplished millionaires and billionaires can sell their products.  An intelligent business person would strive for a stronger middle class so that he can have someone to sell his products to.  Feeling victimized because you have more that you could possibly spend in your lifetime and comparing it to the Holocaust can only come from an old man experiencing adverse effects of aging.  For one to have achieved what he achieved and then to make irresponsible comments as he did in his interview with Emily Chang is beyond sad.  The man is crying out for help and we should all feel sorry for him rather than be angered.  But more important at least he has enough money to pay for the help he clearly needs and he is not being subjected to "death camps" either.

I really think we need to respect the horrific experiences of the Holocaust and not trivialize the memory of the lives lost nor the lives altered.  Making apologies after the fact is unacceptable.  It is simply uncouth to speak so irresponsibly and then think it is okay to offer apologies after the fact.  It is really so hard for one to think before one speaks?