Housing has certainly gone up (a lot) but what was "needed" in the 1950s, as far as electronics and household appliances, was far less. Even when you had "everything" you still had nothing like what you have today. People also "saved up" to get a car, you did not take out a 6 year loan.
I'm saying a voucher system would be missing the point and not repairing what it needs to repair if it only helps those who can afford to pay a surcharge for sending their kids to a good school. Then those who can't afford the surcharge are left in failing schools who have less dollars (because of lost heads) to pay with thus even worse schools than they were before vouchers were issued.
Kersey this is the solution.provide a living wage. Tie the minimum wage to the cost of living so that as the cost of living goes up so does the minimum wage. It needs to become more expensive for the more well off to live so that it can become less expensive for the less well off. Install a tariff on any country's imports that does not pay the American minimum wage or equivalent in their country as a means to even the playing field. This will insure that manufacturing will not leave our country and end up being an import only country with little to no exports. Make it so it's cheaper to make products in country paying a living wage than to import the same goods.
What matters is the percentage of income spent on survival. It should control the percentage of income spent on taxes. The more spent on survival the less spent on taxes. And as such the less of a percentage needed to survive the more in taxes you should pay.
There are many solutions but you won't like any of them.There is no "solution". Reality trumps idealism every time.
Kersey this is the solution.
Why don't we go back to the population we had in the fifties and sixties, and regress technologically as well? Also, we must make sure third world nations are not modernizing and increasing their living standards the way they are now. When all that is achieved, we should be able to "go back to that."
Lastly, please read my signature line.
That would be pointless don't you think?Try me.
All I need in a home or apartment today is a stove, refrigerator, sinks, shower, toilet and electric sockets and light fixtures in addition to the walls floor and doors. What more would you "need" in a home?
I'd WANT a TV, cable connection or sattelite dish, a computer and internet connection, and some mininal furniture. But I dont NEED it. LOL
The myths of wealth creation, and usually not true.There is no solution. Get rid of that.
Nature gave all of you 2 hands, 2 legs and 1 head.
Use them.
If you can't make millions, don't let your envy blame the millioners.
They are millioners because they work harder or they are smarter.
There is no solution. Get rid of that.
Nature gave all of you 2 hands, 2 legs and 1 head.
Use them.
If you can't make millions, don't let your envy blame the millioners.
They are millioners because they work harder or they are smarter.
Around that time the GINI inequality index was at 40. Today it is at 47. Our previous inequality was healthier and because of it more economic growth went to more people, and incomes were growing quickly.
I am quite content in my old, rented, single-wide mobile home.
I agree but:
Understanding Poverty in the United States: Poverty USA
I don't think you understand economics. Everyone should make $100 per hour...but when bread costs 150 per loaf, then what?provide a living wage. Tie the minimum wage to the cost of living so that as the cost of living goes up so does the minimum wage
That is discrimination. You don't like discrimination, do you?It needs to become more expensive for the more well off to live so that it can become less expensive for the less well off.
Install a tariff on any country's imports that does not pay the American minimum wage or equivalent in their country as a means to even the playing field.
This will insure that manufacturing will not leave our country and end up being an import only country with little to no exports. Make it so it's cheaper to make products in country paying a living wage than to import the same goods.
What matters is the percentage of income spent on survival. It should control the percentage of income spent on taxes. The more spent on survival the less spent on taxes. And as such the less of a percentage needed to survive the more in taxes you should pay.
I'm from the realist and common sense party.
Steve made possible for you to quote me while you are in bath, peeing.The myths of wealth creation, and usually not true.
There is no solution. Get rid of that.
Nature gave all of you 2 hands, 2 legs and 1 head.
Use them.
If you can't make millions, don't let your envy blame the millioners.
They are millioners because they work harder or they are smarter.
Nothing you would approve of since you believe it works as it is.In other words you got nothing?
Nothing you would approve of since you believe it works as it is.
In crisis time ppl get rich.Well, we do know that income inequality really started rising after Reagan's tax cuts for the rich. If we undid these tax cuts, but then gave tax cuts to the middle class, maybe we could bring back some of that wealth equality.
You're tying it to the wrong thing. Everyone should not make a set dollar amount. Everyone, who works for a living, should earn a living. ie. be able to afford that loaf of bread regardless of what it cost.I don't think you understand economics. Everyone should make $100 per hour...but when bread costs 150 per loaf, then what?
It is not discrimination to base tax rates on your ability to survive. One way this would work is to set it up so that nobody has to pay taxes on the first $25,000 of income and are only taxed on money made above that point. I used a number pulled out of thin air. It would be more appropriate to base it off a living wage for a single person.That is discrimination. You don't like discrimination, do you?
Nope, but those who need the most of their income to survive shouldn't be weighed down by paying the excessive taxes. Those who make the most from society should pay the most for providing that society.Now THAT is funny...Yes...everyone in the world should all have the same salary...you kids...I swear... LMAO
I'll list them and you will dismiss them.Post your "solution" (if you have one). I'm not going to have a discussion with someone who has nothing to say.