Revolution?   What do you say to the part of the 1% who actually created their own wealth Doug?  My parents, a baker and a lab tech both scrimped and saved to send me to a private school.   I was lucky there but then my dad died early and I have and continue to work my tail off to just keep myself at the 0.99%'ile.   I'm one of those guys who makes what you would call a 1% income but I sure as heck don't feel rich.  HANDS OFF anything my mother leaves me and anything I leave to my heirs!