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In the 1930's, the people got the government to steal a middle class from the rich, in the early 21st century, the rich got the government to give it back.
Or did it...?
Did Bernie Sanders' speech inflame an already annoyed base into actually doing something?
Can the PR boys spin everybody back in line in time for the vote Monday?
This weekend's news cycle promises to be amazing!
So what do you think?
Will Fox ignore Sanders, aside from dismissive asides?
Or will they be forced to respond, to adjust their messaging?
Will the mainstream and liberal media continue with it's current dismissal of liberal displeasure?
Or will it be forced to respond to retain "credibility"?
This weekend's news is gonna be better than the Super Bowl! (For me anyway!:2razz
Incmome ineqality will not be fixed by raising taxes on people over $250K per year by 4%. Intelligent long term policies are what will be needed. We have seen nothing for the last two years that says there is any hope that this president will bring real change in this area.
Any suggestions on what will fix income inequality?
that is akin to asking what will make every athlete equally talented or every girl equally pretty
its neither achieveable nor desireable
Any suggestions on what will fix income inequality?
Completely and utterly untrue. While one cannot make a person a fine athlete or (outside of plastic surgery) make a homely girl pretty - but one can absolutely redistribute income from the very wealthy who control 90% of it to the 90% of the population who control less than 10% of it. That is achievable.
You may object to it. You may scream loudly. But it is a possibility.... and becomes so more each day with the growing disparity between the rich and everyone else. The greed of the rich is sowing the seeds of their own demise.
Like Senator Sanders asked so well yesterday "do you want everything?"
Any suggestions on what will fix income inequality?
So, you'd be okay sending me a check every week so my income matches yours then, right?
Good. Now I can stop working sixty hours a week... you can do it instead and share your income with me!
WOOHOO!
Sensible restrictions on predatory capitalism and a levelling of the playing field, a true crackdown on banking and trading policies , priortization of education with an emphasis on critical thinking skills, overhaul of the electoral process, inspired leadership in the Teddy Rooseveldt mold, reinstitution of the fairness doctrine -- all sorts of things. We used to pride ourselves on being a middle class society, but thanks to the efforts of think tanks gearded toward manipulating public perception, we now support robber barons as the "patriotic" point of view and call anybody who would want us to return to the ideals of a middle class society as "socialists".
there are other rational explanations including the globalization of the economy meaning people with poor thinking skills or poor education can no longer make very good wages in factories. Plus, some would argue persuasively, that our entitlement rich society has sapped the desire of many to achieve--a desire that was not only more prevalent but far more necessary before the New Deal
that is akin to asking what will make every athlete equally talented or every girl equally pretty
its neither achieveable nor desireable
Nothing.
Income inequality will always exist, because people are not the same. Some people go the extra mile to excel, and some don't. Some people take chances with their money by investing, and some put it in the bank. Some do what ever it takes to succeed, and some do nothing and expect it to fall in their lap.
Why do you think socialism has never succeeded? People who are wealthy are so, because they were motivated to achieve that wealth for themselves, their families, their churches, or whatever... But they will not continue to make the necessary sacrifices and go the extra mile for the government, or for the collective. It's human nature, and just the way it is.
It's warranted, oddly, whenever someone chooses to exchange that much money, for that persons output.So exactly when does a one level promotion warrent a 10 or 100 fold increase in compensation (which somewhere along the way has to happen to get peoples salaries into the tens and even hundreds of millions)?
If this compromise goes down, what do you think happens next? First it means the end of pasing ANYTHING else in the lame duck session. It also means that the Republicans will be able to pass a tax cut in January after Democrats raised taxes in January. It also means that the cut in payroll taxes goes away, the extension of unemployment benefits either goes away or is delayed. So this would really be a scorched earth policy by the democratic congress. Not sure why anyone would think that this is a winner for anyone.
Incmome ineqality will not be fixed by raising taxes on people over $250K per year by 4%. Intelligent long term policies are what will be needed. We have seen nothing for the last two years that says there is any hope that this president will bring real change in this area.
Any suggestions on what will fix income inequality?
What's the matter with income inequality as long as people have basic needs met?
I'm pretty poor, but I don't want money from Turtledude to make our incomes equal.
People have a right to get as rich as they want if they have the talent, work ethic, or any legal means they have to get there.
I'd have a lot more material things and money in the bank if I'd chosen to put more effort into it. I'm happy with what I have though and am not envious of people with more.
My family was poor when I was born. My dad worked his ass off and is what I would call wealthy today. No one has a right to ask him to redistribute his wealth. He earned every dime of what he has and people who would demonize him for his wealth, and would steal from him, make me sick.
Any suggestions on what will fix income inequality?
People working hard to create a positive future for themselves and stop whining and rolling in their own feces?
You heard it here: Poor people are basically animals.
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...And I already share my income with lots of people.
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