Even if you have no compassion it is not wise to slight the masses and enrich yourself disproportionately. It makes for an unstable and dangerous world.

Sure, a rising tide lifts all boats, but if you hoist a boat out of the harbor, the water doesn't rise up with it.

..they drown at a greater depth. And they're less likely to come back up to the surface.

"A rising tide lifts all the yachts.
It also drowns those who cannot swim."

I finally did figure out what Bush the Lesser meant by "the ownership society." What he was really saying was "the own-a-ship society." And it meant that everyone who owned a yacht got a tax break--and the rest of us were screwed.

If all the states outlaw rising tides like NC we can just ignore it.

Problem solved.
<== avoid triggering of Poe's law