Corruption of the capitalism system in collusion with a corrupted government IS the problem.
Which is in turn, the fault of the people. Who keeps voting in these corrupt politicians, we do. Who keeps spending money at the stores of these corrupt businesses, we do.
True enough. Given that the cost of attaining high office is so enormous, it is virtually impossible for an honest man to get into a position of power.
I do NOT doubt that most people who begin the process of a political career hope to be HONEST.
But the nature of comnpromise means that sooner or later you have to MAKE A DEAL.
And the political cost of making those deals is ultimately what's killing this nation.
You want corruption to stop, it's exceedingly simple and at the same time difficult. Make people care about their beliefs and morals more than they do party politics and saving a few dollars, problem solved. Now, making that happen is a different story all together.
BINGO!
We need to change the way we find and elect our POLs.
The SCOTUS has, thanks to the ruling that money- free speech, made THAT pretty much impossible.
It always kills me to see these types of threads condemning the wealthy for "stealing" wealth from the middle class.
I agree. Painting with a BROAD BRUSH is a terrible mistake.
But note that even when people are careful to be very specific about their complaints, their complaints are ignored and what they actually write is seldom discussed.
Instead their detractors create STRAWMAN arguments telling them that they write something completely different than they really wrote.
If one complains, for example, about the stupid freee trade agreements we've made, then the detractor paints that specific complaint as though those posters were calling for ISLOATION.
Partisans are very good at turning people's words into something OTHER than what they really wrote.
They attack the posters rather than what the poster actually wrote.
They don't "steal" anything, the middle class is more than happy to "give" their hard earned money to these people.
Well yes and no. Generally speaking capitalism has nothing to do with THEFT.
But in the perverted system we currently have, (read the nature of the "bailouts) I don't what else to call it EXCEPT THEFT.
Now some of the right wingers are calling these SWINDLES socialism.
Some of the right wingers are calling it FASCISM.
What is it really?
It is theft of public funds by the collaboration of government and private corporations.
On top of that, with time and effort anyone can rise up and become wealthy, that's the american dream after all. Hard work and dedication to a good idea will make you successful.
Anyone?
Okay a bit off the subject but that's sort of silly.
No "anyone" cannot make it.
If that were true, everyone
would make it.
That's rather like saying everyone can be ABOVE AVERAGE.
It's not called the American DREAM for nothing, ya know.
With luck and pluck and a whole lotta hard work and sacrifice one MIGHT make it.
