The 'haves' and the 'have nots'; how often do we read about this social phenomena and what does it mean? Of course, everyone knows that it refers to a 'level' of 'living' and 'owning' that reflects all the economic benefits reaped within a democratic social. The 'haves' even have a publication that lists the top 10, or whatever; while the 'have nots' aren't even mentioned. But, the real issue is why should a democratic social be measured by an economic principle? Democracy must be measured by political principles while the economy can be measured by economic principles. Economic principles cannot and should not invade the domain of democratic principles. Success in a Democracy must be measured by democratic principles. The basic principle being the Freedom and Equality of everyone. But, we all know that the economy is not a level playing field because it has 'legal fictions'(corporations) that are not human and that are protected by democratic principles. They have been created to increase the economic grasp of the human condition. That move did away with competition. The only competition a corporate economy has is among themselves. The individual is completely out of the economic-competition game. The only competition for humans is on a much more smaller scale. The economy functions with 'profits' not Freedon and Equality. Hence, the economy does not have a duty to the individual. But,if government indirectly created the un-level playing field, why doesn't it have more control over the 'fiction'? The imbalances in an economy are created by corporations. And if the 'power' of government issues from the Bottom of democracy, why doesn't government create a more balanced economy? Of course, we all know that such programs are called "Entitlements"-which is an intentional 'political' mis-use of the word- but doesn't government have a duty to the people? The economy surely doesn't, but if government gets the only "entitlement' in the world called 'political power' from the People, why not try to balance the economic conditions of the Nation? Please, I don't mean 'hand-outs'( no one wants a hand out); I mean a 'fair' amount of Social Security and other earned social benefits. Surely the People have to learn to live within a democracy, but government has a duty to implement democracy. Maybe, its time for government to do its share!