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I do have some specific suggestions that I feel would be helpful long term:
Public financing for public elections
I'm not really sure about that. Do we really want every whackjob and nutjob getting a federal handout to run for President or Senate and Congress. How do you determine who gets tax dollars. Do you want a bureaucrat determining who is a "valid" candidate? We did try that with the Presidential fund, but no one checks that box, and they gave them the money anyway, at least until four years ago, when everyone opted out.
Flat rate Social Security Tax, first dollar to last all forms of income
I think what needs to happen is to admit that social security is a welfare program and not a savings program, and it should be means tested.
Index minimum wage to the average increase in CEO pay for the S&P 500
Interesting concept, don't think it's doable. To the point, though. When Reagan was elected, CEO Pay averaged 40 times worker pay. In 2010, that number ballooned to 400 times worker pay. It is not because our companies are better managed, it's because they've learned to game the system.
And this is a uniquely American thing. IN Europe and Japan, CEO pay is about 10 times worker pay.
As a young man in college I was not always the most diligent student. One weekend, near the end of term, was particularly eventful and I found myself on Monday morning sitting, looking at a Dynamics final and no memory of any of the fine formulas we had studied that semester. Then I remembered F=ma. From that kernel I was able to derive all of the formulas I needed and ended up doing pretty well. More importantly, I realized the importance of fundamental concepts; I found that if one has a good understanding of core principles the smaller details are easier to work out. This led me a few years ago to ask myself, aside from the individual policies which align my thinking with “liberals”; why am I a liberal?
After some consideration I arrived on four succinct statements, which I believe also gave me some insight to what motivates the “other” side.
I am a parent.
As a parent I will do anything within my power to advantage my child.
I am a citizen.
As a citizen I believe it is vitally important that we write rules that prevent that.
It is only natural that parents do all they can for their children, however as wealth accumulates this presents a threat to democracy. This is the threat that concerned Jefferson when he spoke of the need for inheritance taxes, not as a form of revenue but a means to protect the democracy from citizens that might become too powerful, and then threaten the will of the people. It is easy to see how this has become the case in America today.
The dangers of inherited wealth to our economy are not unlike monarchy to the health of any nation, when power is derived from birthright rather than one’s labor it is more often foolishly applied. As more and more of our economy becomes “inherited wealth” it becomes more of a target for con men and less a tool for innovators. The world’s financial power has been diverted from improving the human condition into money making schemes designed to enrich those who create them.
I do have some specific suggestions that I feel would be helpful long term:
Public financing for public elections
Flat rate Social Security Tax, first dollar to last all forms of income
Index minimum wage to the average increase in CEO pay for the S&P 500
That’s about it, that shouldn’t be too hard to do, right?
As a young man in college I was not always the most diligent student. One weekend, near the end of term, was particularly eventful and I found myself on Monday morning sitting, looking at a Dynamics final and no memory of any of the fine formulas we had studied that semester. Then I remembered F=ma. From that kernel I was able to derive all of the formulas I needed and ended up doing pretty well. More importantly, I realized the importance of fundamental concepts; I found that if one has a good understanding of core principles the smaller details are easier to work out. This led me a few years ago to ask myself, aside from the individual policies which align my thinking with liberals; why am I a liberal?
After some consideration I arrived on four succinct statements, which I believe also gave me some insight to what motivates the other side.
I am a parent.
As a parent I will do anything within my power to advantage my child.
I am a citizen.
As a citizen I believe it is vitally important that we write rules that prevent that.
It is only natural that parents do all they can for their children, however as wealth accumulates this presents a threat to democracy. This is the threat that concerned Jefferson when he spoke of the need for inheritance taxes, not as a form of revenue but a means to protect the democracy from citizens that might become too powerful, and then threaten the will of the people. It is easy to see how this has become the case in America today.
The dangers of inherited wealth to our economy are not unlike monarchy to the health of any nation, when power is derived from birthright rather than ones labor it is more often foolishly applied. As more and more of our economy becomes inherited wealth it becomes more of a target for con men and less a tool for innovators. The worlds financial power has been diverted from improving the human condition into money making schemes designed to enrich those who create them.
I do have some specific suggestions that I feel would be helpful long term:
Public financing for public elections
Flat rate Social Security Tax, first dollar to last all forms of income
Index minimum wage to the average increase in CEO pay for the S&P 500
Thats about it, that shouldnt be too hard to do, right?
You say you will do "anything within my power to advantage my child"...
yet as a citizen you want to "write rules to prevent that"....
yeah that makes sense....
Why am I a liberal?
I think GreatDay is trying to kick some liberals here out of the dumbest idiot on the internet seat.
Why am I a liberal?
Because you're a stupid, dishonest hypocrite.
The root cause of all of our economic problems are not due to how much CEO's make but to how little the average worker is paid. Worker Productivity has increased by 80% over the last thirty to forty years, but worker pay has decreased in real dollars. If worker pay had increased accordingly, things would be much better for everyone right now.
The root cause of all of our economic problems are not due to how much CEO's make but to how little the average worker is paid. Worker Productivity has increased by 80% over the last thirty to forty years, but worker pay has decreased in real dollars. If worker pay had increased accordingly, things would be much better for everyone right now.
I agree. But I think it's more than that.
When you increase productivity, you reduce the size of the workforce. Which means you have a lot more people idling. This in turn reduces economic activity.
So you can't really fault those CEO's for making everyone more productive through Six Sigma and such... But when you have a shift of the wealth from the working class to the wealthy, the economy stagnates.
And from a political point of view, those idle people don't kindly go off and starve. They go to the government for sustinance if they can't find a job. Which really does benefit the Democrats, but not in a good way.
LOL
I hate commies.
Sounds like someone got cut out of the will.
Sounds like someone got cut out of the will.
If you must know as a child I was blessed to play with children who lived on dirt floors with no indoor pluming and also with those that had wine cellars and pictures of Presidents on their desks. It gave me a certain perspective on life that I dont feel many have had the opportunity to develop.
Inherited wealth is inherently anti-democratic
Taking away inherited wealth is likewise inherently anti-democratic.
Kinds makess it hard to maintain a real democratic society given the above, no?
We are constantly attempting to find that balance between anarchy and totalitarianism.
And as society changes the way things work the SWEET SPOT leading to a fair and just and successful society keeps changing, too.
Sounds like someone got cut out of the will.
If you must know as a child I was blessed to play with children who lived on dirt floors with no indoor pluming and also with those that had wine cellars and pictures of Presidents on their desks. It gave me a certain perspective on life that I don’t feel many have had the opportunity to develop.
As a young man in college I was not always the most diligent student. One weekend, near the end of term, was particularly eventful and I found myself on Monday morning sitting, looking at a Dynamics final and no memory of any of the fine formulas we had studied that semester. Then I remembered F=ma. From that kernel I was able to derive all of the formulas I needed and ended up doing pretty well. More importantly, I realized the importance of fundamental concepts; I found that if one has a good understanding of core principles the smaller details are easier to work out. This led me a few years ago to ask myself, aside from the individual policies which align my thinking with “liberals”; why am I a liberal?
After some consideration I arrived on four succinct statements, which I believe also gave me some insight to what motivates the “other” side.
I am a parent.
As a parent I will do anything within my power to advantage my child.
I am a citizen.
As a citizen I believe it is vitally important that we write rules that prevent that.
It is only natural that parents do all they can for their children, however as wealth accumulates this presents a threat to democracy. This is the threat that concerned Jefferson when he spoke of the need for inheritance taxes, not as a form of revenue but a means to protect the democracy from citizens that might become too powerful, and then threaten the will of the people. It is easy to see how this has become the case in America today.
The dangers of inherited wealth to our economy are not unlike monarchy to the health of any nation, when power is derived from birthright rather than one’s labor it is more often foolishly applied. As more and more of our economy becomes “inherited wealth” it becomes more of a target for con men and less a tool for innovators. The world’s financial power has been diverted from improving the human condition into money making schemes designed to enrich those who create them.
I do have some specific suggestions that I feel would be helpful long term:
Public financing for public elections
Flat rate Social Security Tax, first dollar to last all forms of income
Index minimum wage to the average increase in CEO pay for the S&P 500
That’s about it, that shouldn’t be too hard to do, right?
Since you socialists are opposed to rich families keeping their own wealth, then you need to explain socialist families in power that stay in power (see North Korea) stealing the wealth of their lower class citizens.
The families of Mao, Stalin, Lenin, etc weren't poor and they did everything to keep their gravy train coming at the expense of the workers working in the state-run factories and fields.
Even every society there will always be those that have and those have not. Our system is based on freedom to be a have or have not, not some preprogrammed socialist society where the Obamas, Kennedys, Reids, etc get to stay in power then pass it on to their kids as they die off.
The America Revolution was the largest act of wealth redistribution the world has ever known. The Crown invested billions of todays dollars and hundreds of years into the colonies. The colonies pasted down through the family like any other trust fund asset. There is no doubt that legally. Internationally recognized, King George owned America. The Founding Fathers stole this country from him; they had some crazy idea that because they had built this country with their sweat and blood, they had more right to it than the person who had made it all possible with billions in investment, imagine that.
I do have some specific suggestions that I feel would be helpful long term:
Public financing for public elections
I'm not really sure about that. Do we really want every whackjob and nutjob getting a federal handout to run for President or Senate and Congress. How do you determine who gets tax dollars. Do you want a bureaucrat determining who is a "valid" candidate? We did try that with the Presidential fund, but no one checks that box, and they gave them the money anyway, at least until four years ago, when everyone opted out.
I think what needs to happen is to admit that social security is a welfare program and not a savings program, and it should be means tested.
Index minimum wage to the average increase in CEO pay for the S&P 500
Interesting concept, don't think it's doable. To the point, though. When Reagan was elected, CEO Pay averaged 40 times worker pay. In 2010, that number ballooned to 400 times worker pay. It is not because our companies are better managed, it's because they've learned to game the system.
And this is a uniquely American thing. IN Europe and Japan, CEO pay is about 10 times worker pay.
The root cause of all of our economic problems are not due to how much CEO's make but to how little the average worker is paid. Worker Productivity has increased by 80% over the last thirty to forty years, but worker pay has decreased in real dollars. If worker pay had increased accordingly, things would be much better for everyone right now.
