Soggy in NOLA
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"I can't take a vacation today Michelle, I have to work"
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A few things conservatives, republicans, and libertarians never think about:
You cannot create equality where abject poverty and no opportunity for productive work exist.
Equality is the opportunity that you choose to take. There is opportunity.
You cannot gain self esteem in a corporate world guided only by profit and no concern for working people of America.
Self Esteem comes from within. No corporation can give it to you or take it from you.
You cannot bring about prosperity when only the top few percent of Americans own and control the wealth of a nation that morally belongs to all.
You can if you motivate those people to create jobs and opportunity.
You cannot live well or even rise much about poverty on minimum wage or Walmart wages.
No, you can't. You also can't rise above poverty by raising minimum wage rates. Better get an education or special skills.
You cannot further a spirit of democracy by closed, locked, security gated communities and educational opportunities beyond the reach of working Americans.
I would think those problems would really motivate someone who felt wronged to vote.
You cannot build character and courage by outsourcing the livelihood of American workers.
Actually someone of character and courage would change things.
You can help America by providing educational opportunity and while still recognizing a global world, working to make sure your own nation, on which you have gained your wealth and sustenance, provides for all its people fairly.
Actually, we only need to provide the opportunity. If you want to disengage and live under a bridge, its your choice.
"There is no historical evidence that tax cuts spur economic growth. The highest period of growth in U.S. history (1933-1973) also saw its highest tax rates on the rich: 70 to 91 percent. During this period, the general tax rate climbed as well, but it reached a plateau in 1969, and growth slowed down five years later. Almost all rich nations have higher general taxes than the U.S., and they are growing faster as well." Tax cuts spur economic growth
No, most countries with higher tax rates are currently in economic stress.
The Idolatry of Ideology-Why Tax Cuts Hurt the Economy by Russ Beaton
Spending Cuts Vs. Tax Increases at the State Level, 10/30/01
The rich get rich because of their merit.
The Conservative Nanny State
Newsflash: Ronald Reagan Raised Taxes (You Idiots) | Firedoglake
"What improves the circumstances of the greater part can never be regarded as an inconveniency to the whole. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
Which is why the government shouldn't try to run the economy.
"On moral grounds, then, we could argue for a flat income tax of 90 percent to return that wealth to its real owners. In the United States, even a flat tax of 70 percent would support all governmental programs (about half the total tax) and allow payment, with the remainder, of a patrimony of about $8,000 per annum per inhabitant, or $25,000 for a family of three. This would generously leave with the original recipients of the income about three times what, according to my rough guess, they had earned." UBI and the Flat Tax
"I feel your pain."Here are a few to start of:
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
Here are a few to start of:
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
Here are a few to start of:
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
On moral grounds. I find that amusing, because that is usually the first thing a liberal will argue against. The opening shot is, who's moral standard?
My stuff in red.
Hope...On moral grounds. I find that amusing, because that is usually the first thing a liberal will argue against. The opening shot is, who's moral standard?
My stuff in red.
Nothing you wrote in red has ever created a job nor done something positive for America. They are slogans and people do not live in slogans, they live in the world as it exists.
A few things conservatives, republicans, and libertarians never think about:
You cannot create equality where abject poverty and no opportunity for productive work exist.
You cannot gain self esteem in a corporate world guided only by profit and no concern for working people of America.
You cannot bring about prosperity when only the top few percent of Americans own and control the wealth of a nation that morally belongs to all.
You cannot live well or even rise much about poverty on minimum wage or Walmart wages.
You cannot further a spirit of democracy by closed, locked, security gated communities and educational opportunities beyond the reach of working Americans.
You cannot build character and courage by outsourcing the livelihood of American workers.
You can help America by providing educational opportunity and while still recognizing a global world, working to make sure your own nation, on which you have gained your wealth and sustenance, provides for all its people fairly.
"There is no historical evidence that tax cuts spur economic growth. The highest period of growth in U.S. history (1933-1973) also saw its highest tax rates on the rich: 70 to 91 percent. During this period, the general tax rate climbed as well, but it reached a plateau in 1969, and growth slowed down five years later. Almost all rich nations have higher general taxes than the U.S., and they are growing faster as well." Tax cuts spur economic growth
The Idolatry of Ideology-Why Tax Cuts Hurt the Economy by Russ Beaton
Spending Cuts Vs. Tax Increases at the State Level, 10/30/01
The rich get rich because of their merit.
The Conservative Nanny State
Newsflash: Ronald Reagan Raised Taxes (You Idiots) | Firedoglake
"What improves the circumstances of the greater part can never be regarded as an inconveniency to the whole. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
"On moral grounds, then, we could argue for a flat income tax of 90 percent to return that wealth to its real owners. In the United States, even a flat tax of 70 percent would support all governmental programs (about half the total tax) and allow payment, with the remainder, of a patrimony of about $8,000 per annum per inhabitant, or $25,000 for a family of three. This would generously leave with the original recipients of the income about three times what, according to my rough guess, they had earned." UBI and the Flat Tax
Here are a few to start of:
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
Its also something you would never hear Abe Lincoln say
If that's so, then 21st century looks pretty bleak for the US.The Tea Party is the VOICE of Mainstream America.