a question for the candidates

hey, republicans (especially mitt romney)- you can play too.
a few weeks ago on "now," the david brancaccio half hour show on pbs, the lead in was this statistic:

In America, the top one-tenth of one percent of earners make about the same money per year collectively as the millions of Americans in the bottom fifty percent combined.

in other words, the highest paid 300,000 made as much as the lowest 150,000,000. my question: is this fair? is this a good thing for the nation? if not, what would you do about changing these numbers? i am especially interested in mr romney's answer as he is the most likely candidate to fall into the top .001 & perhaps he thinks the disparity is a good thin, or should be widened.

aw, what the heck, i'll put up a poll, so you can play the candidate game at home.
here is another "now" page, if you click the "facts & figures" box you get a spiffy graphic comparing u.s. executive compensation to some other countries. for instance japanese execs get 22 times the average worker & in our neck of the woods, it's like, 485 times as much.