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If the worker was paid a wage that he excepted. Then no!
They ARE still taking risks...or dont you follow the markets at ALL. And if you and others want them to risk more (translation-do MORE to take care of your ass) then maybe you ought to insist the politicians work together with industry and labor to create more favorable environments for investing. Its not YOUR MONEY. You get that...right?
Favorable environment translates to creating an environment where people are willing to put their money into the economy without expecting it to just be pissed away. Yes...THEY are rich and they got that way for a reason.How much more favorable environment do the rich need? They're already rich.
You can continue to insist that we have no right to demand more of the rich, and that's fine. But there is an imbalance in the system regardless of your rigid ideology that insists things are the way they should be, and the cracks in the dam have been showing for several years now. Fiddle if you wish while Rome burns.
Actually, according to this, it would only take half of the money simply being sat on in offshore accounts to zero the national debt.
Favorable environment translates to creating an environment where people are willing to put their money into the economy without expecting it to just be pissed away. Yes...THEY are rich and they got that way for a reason.
You want to change the imbalance? Work your ass off and improve your situation. Funny how everyones answer to resolving the imbalance is to take from the rich. News flash...thats not going to HELP YOU. You have to do that yourself.
Funny how everyones answer to resolving the imbalance is to take from the rich. News flash...thats not going to HELP YOU. You have to do that yourself.
It makes me nervous when people start putting limits on what people should be "allowed" to make or keep.
It is that simple. You do not need a Union to be paid what you are worth, or to artificially increase a workers worth.If it were only as simple as that. If there were strong unions and collective bargaining, I would agree. But it's the companies knowledge of the market and basic superiority in negotiations, in that he has a job you need, and has others willing to do it for less than you, that gives many employers the upper hand.
There is no true imbalance.Favorable environment also translates into workers receiving a fair wage for the work that makes profit for the business owners. When a CEO gives himself hundreds of times more in compensation than the average employee makes in a year at a business, do you think that that creates a favorable environment where people are willing to work harder?
You act as if though there is no such thing as greed, VanceMack. And I'm quite tired of the "by your bootstraps" argument. The playing field is not level, and you ought to acknowledge it. Beyond a certain point, you cannot get more wealthy without avarice. The game is fixed for the wealthy, and the imbalance continues to grow.
Well when the rich are already paying a higher percentage. They should be the ones to receive the tax breaks.It makes me nervous when people advocate that the already rich should get tax breaks while their employees struggle to pay their mortgage.
They ARE still taking risks...or dont you follow the markets at ALL. And if you and others want them to risk more (translation-do MORE to take care of your ass) then maybe you ought to insist the politicians work together with industry and labor to create more favorable environments for investing. Its not YOUR MONEY. You get that...right?
Almost all of that 32 trillion came from moving factories to cheap foreign labor countries and selling to the 1st world.
So what are you and others are advocating? Just taking it? It makes me nervous when people start putting limits on what people should be "allowed" to make or keep.
Well when the rich are already paying a higher percentage. They should be the ones to receive the tax breaks.
Rants such as these greatly diminish your credibility. Referring to lower income individuals and the unemployed as leeches and pets has become quite the mantra as of late, perpetuating the absolutely laughable notion that the number of lazy individuals spiked dramatically overnight, instead of correctly identifying the real causes of our economic woes.Maybe they are tired of taking care of all the crippled dependent pets and figure its time for them to actually contribute SOMETHING rather than merely leech from the country. Perhaps if people worried a little less about what others made and focused on their own miserable pathetic lives their children and grandchildren wouldnt have to suffer.
lolYou're like Terry Jones' character in Erik the Viking who insists everything is fine even as his head finally slips underwater when his island sinks. I guess some people can't be reasoned with.
It doesn't need addressing, because it is none of your business how much another has.I actually advocate steeply progressive taxation to serve as a deterrent to hoarding in the first place.
Capitalism is concentrative by nature. Some mechanism(s) must be in place to address this.
2 $100 millionaires are better for the economy than 1 $200 millionaire, 4 $50 millionaires better than 2 $100 millionaires, etc.
Im tired of all the whiny pathetic ****s complaining about how unfair life is and thinking that bitching about others wealth is going to change their pathetic miserable existence. Of COURSE there is greed. Greed isnt necessarily a BAD thing, but even where it IS excessive and a bad thing...big ****ing deal. Other peoples money is NOT YOUR BUSINESS. Life isnt fair.Favorable environment also translates into workers receiving a fair wage for the work that makes profit for the business owners. When a CEO gives himself hundreds of times more in compensation than the average employee makes in a year at a business, do you think that that creates a favorable environment where people are willing to work harder?
You act as if though there is no such thing as greed, VanceMack. And I'm quite tired of the "by your bootstraps" argument. The playing field is not level, and you ought to acknowledge it. Beyond a certain point, you cannot get more wealthy without avarice. The game is fixed for the wealthy, and the imbalance continues to grow.
IF they were to swoop in and steal every penny from the wealthy...then what? You think they are just going to dole it out to you? And heres another one of those news flashes...IF they did that...in 10 years most of those rich successful people would be rich and successful again and most of the 'poor' would be right back ion the same spot whining and bitching about how unfair life is. People want to blame the right person for their own wretched existence, they should start with that person staring back at them from a mirror.Beg to differ but yes if I could take a million from a billionaire it would help me. lol
But I don't need their money and I don't need their kind around me. Everything I have is what I have earned by hard work.
The Romney are an excellent example of those elite Americans. We have nothing at all in common except the Englilsh language. They don't serve in the military and probably never held a sledgehammer.
It makes me nervous when people advocate that the already rich should get tax breaks while their employees struggle to pay their mortgage.
I actually advocate steeply progressive taxation to serve as a deterrent to hoarding in the first place.
Capitalism is concentrative by nature. Some mechanism(s) must be in place to address this.
2 $100 millionaires are better for the economy than 1 $200 millionaire, 4 $50 millionaires better than 2 $100 millionaires, etc.
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It doesn't need addressing, because it is none of your business how much another has.
Nah...not overnight. The number of crippled dependent pets and worthless pathetic ****s have been on the rise since the 60s. Stop worrying about me, my 'rants', and for that matter, stop worrying about the wealthy and first learn, then start teaching your children the value of hard work, preparation, planning for a future, etc. Stop wasting your money on cigarettes, alcohol, cable tv, data plans an a cell phone and all the other **** you cant afford and take care of your families, buy health care. Stop pretending someone else ****ed you over and robbed your precious pennies. Come face to face with the fact that if your life sucks, its probably not too hard to look what and why.Rants such as these greatly diminish your credibility. Referring to lower income individuals and the unemployed as leeches and pets has become quite the mantra as of late, perpetuating the absolutely laughable notion that the number of lazy individuals spiked dramatically overnight, instead of correctly identifying the real causes of our economic woes.
An economy is an artificial construction, designed to distribute resources. If its working correctly everybody gets fatter at about the same RATE.
Up until around 1980 that was the case, with the poorest actually doing a bit better than the richest.
If the rising tide isn't lifting all boats, something is malfunctioning in our artificial construct.
Capitalism is about 500 years old now, probably time for a major service.
IF they were to swoop in and steal every penny from the wealthy...then what? You think they are just going to dole it out to you? And heres another one of those news flashes...IF they did that...in 10 years most of those rich successful people would be rich and successful again and most of the 'poor' would be right back ion the same spot whining and bitching about how unfair life is. People want to blame the right person for their own wretched existence, they should start with that person staring back at them from a mirror.
Nonsense, what of the sub 5 percent unemployment figures we enjoyed in the late 90's and mid to late 00's? Was the country virtually dripping in "dependent pets" and "pathetic ****s?" The discrepancy in employment figures both in the U.S. and abroad in relation to those of the 60's can easily be attributed to technological advances that have allowed employees to maintain production and profit margins with fewer employees than previously needed. Your rants are both amusing and entertaining, but that's the extent of their use.Nah...not overnight. The number of crippled dependent pets and worthless pathetic ****s have been on the rise since the 60s.
Stop worrying about me, my 'rants', and for that matter, stop worrying about the wealthy and first learn, then start teaching your children the value of hard work, preparation, planning for a future, etc. Stop wasting your money on cigarettes, alcohol, cable tv, data plans an a cell phone and all the other **** you cant afford and take care of your families, buy health care. Stop pretending someone else ****ed you over and robbed your precious pennies. Come face to face with the fact that if your life sucks, its probably not too hard to look what and why.
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