A Perspective

The Pope analyses the economy or economic issues from the perspective of the poor.  He has a lot of personal experience with the poor.  The entrepreneur, the owner, the rich, the well off, analyze the economy from their own perspective and come up with different conclusions than does the Pope.  Your conclusions about capitalism depends on where you start, your perspective.  The haves see the poor from no personal experience.  They do not hang out with the poor.  The haves speculate which is dangerous when trying to come to a conclusion about a segment of the society of which you have little experience.  I would not say that the haves don't care or that they are selfish and heartless.  That is a judgment I would not make.  Neither the Pope nor the haves see taxes as a solution.  That takes from the rich to give to the poor which is charity by legislation.  I believe that the Pope might have a more profound solution based upon more spiritual principles.  I await it.  Otherwise, he will be filed by many under the title of socialist or communist.  Capitalism knows taxes.  Justice is more difficult to get at.  But the Bible seems to have a lot to say about it.