Popdose: Pop Politico: “Greetings from Economy Class”
StandingDamaged
· 1 year ago
It appears the war on the peasant class is moving along well...just when DID Joe Hill become Joe Stalin in the eyes of those who needed him most? And HOW did they manage to convince chickens to vote FOR Colonel Sanders?
Ted
· 1 year ago
Yes, it's moving along swimmingly I'm afraid.
eric
· 1 year ago
I can't disagree with your position that we have an oligarchy taking advantage of the majority here. But I don't care for the alternative class warfare that is suggested by the liberal half of the oligarchy, either -- through increasing taxes on corporations (who pass the burden onto customers and shareholders) and high-achieving individuals (who have committed no crime other than being successful).
Yes, it is time for change -- a kind of change that does not, thus far, appear to be on the horizon. Vote Republican. Vote Democrat. The economic problems most of us face have bipartisan roots. It is not likely that the perpetrators will magically turn into our saviors.
Ted
· 1 year ago
I'm not looking for a savior, but I think there are more than a few individuals who have looked at the state of the nation and have come up with equitable solutions. Alas, the two major parties talk about welcoming "new ideas and new solutions," but they don't walk the walk when it comes to supporting innovative ideas.
JonCummings
· 1 year ago
Of course (who'd have thought otherwise), I don't buy Eric's equations on taxing corporations and high earners. For one thing, the equation of high earners with "high achievers" is a crock; how many upper-management/CEO types "achieve" their positions through connections, nepotism, etc. rather than through actual accomplishments--and how many CEOs get ridiculous salaries despite sucking at their jobs? Why can the CEO of a bank earn 100 times the salary of a high school principal? If it's all about how our economy values certain professions over others, then let the high earners pay higher taxes. It's not about having "committed a crime" by making a lot of money--it's about simple fairness.
As for corporate tax rates, many companies get away with paying far less in taxes than they could bear, or should bear--particularly in industries that aren't doing any favors for the environment or for the nation's infrastructure, and in the cases of companies that aren't investing properly in American employees and the benefits they deserve.
Big business is probably the next sector of our society that is due for a complete breakdown. Capitalism is probably going to have to deal with a major self-correction, as our government isn't likely to have the cojones to regulate as it should anytime soon. When that self-correction happens, it's going to be very ugly for a lot of people at all points on the economic spectrum.
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Yes, it is time for change -- a kind of change that does not, thus far, appear to be on the horizon. Vote Republican. Vote Democrat. The economic problems most of us face have bipartisan roots. It is not likely that the perpetrators will magically turn into our saviors.
As for corporate tax rates, many companies get away with paying far less in taxes than they could bear, or should bear--particularly in industries that aren't doing any favors for the environment or for the nation's infrastructure, and in the cases of companies that aren't investing properly in American employees and the benefits they deserve.
Big business is probably the next sector of our society that is due for a complete breakdown. Capitalism is probably going to have to deal with a major self-correction, as our government isn't likely to have the cojones to regulate as it should anytime soon. When that self-correction happens, it's going to be very ugly for a lot of people at all points on the economic spectrum.