Given that it's only those at the top that receive the benefits of economic growth (FTA: the bottom 80% of Californians saw no growth in their adjusted gross in

Given that it's only those at the top that receive the benefits of economic growth (FTA: the bottom 80% of Californians saw no growth in their adjusted gross incomes between 1994 and 2013) higher is absolutely better. They're clearly skilled at harvesting the economic contributions of those worse off than them.