Steelplate
Bluesman
And corporations fucking over employees in regards to wages, benefits and outsourcing have nothing to do with any of this, right? Let me clue you in on something, a well paid workforce means more tax revenue. That means more in the coffers. I know that Conservatives want to bemoan government at every turn, but our private sector deserves a large chunk of the blame too. Not to mention that the less the Federal government helps the States, the more they have to deal with, and it's a much greater burden at the state level than it is at the Federal.
Lastly...a government will NEVER make a profit. It provides services to the general public via tax dollars. The only thing a government can hope for is to take in more in revenues than it spends to save up for bad times. But we cannot create our own bad times by pandering to Corporate America and allowing them to do whatever the hell they want to the workforce AND then, take away our safety nets on top of it. That's the recipe for turning this great country into the biggest Banana Republic the world has ever seen. Some think we are on the verge of it now...and while I tend to disagree, it's not all that far behind....when you look at the income inequality here as compared to those types of countries.
Lastly...a government will NEVER make a profit. It provides services to the general public via tax dollars. The only thing a government can hope for is to take in more in revenues than it spends to save up for bad times. But we cannot create our own bad times by pandering to Corporate America and allowing them to do whatever the hell they want to the workforce AND then, take away our safety nets on top of it. That's the recipe for turning this great country into the biggest Banana Republic the world has ever seen. Some think we are on the verge of it now...and while I tend to disagree, it's not all that far behind....when you look at the income inequality here as compared to those types of countries.