I don't think that's the primary issue. I think there's a large number of people who feel like the rules that everyone plays by are harder than the rules the ri

I don't think that's the primary issue. I think there's a large number of people who feel like the rules that everyone plays by are harder than the rules the rich play by. For example, the negative opinion many have of the lower tax rate for capital gains vs payroll taxes. It's not that those who pay capital gains tax are dishonest. It's that it's unfair that their earnings are taxed at a lower rate. Other examples might be CEO pay vs average pay; the shrinking middle class; etc.. These create a feeling that while the rich grow richer, things get harder for the middle class... and add to this sense of unfairness. Since it's unfair if a company is improving it's earnings/productivity/etc, but most of those gains go to the CEO (since that increase is the result of everyones input). From that angle, this really has nothing to do with greed. If it were to come to light that some rich person also earned their money dishonestly.. that seems to create anger that's directed toward that person/group.. see the anger people had over the bank bailouts... that didn't grow into an anti-rich campaign.