We can change tax policies to encourage a more moral and considerate form of economics, so why not do it?
Why do we prefer to live in an economic jungle instead of a 'well regulated' economic garden?
Which would you rather leave to your kids and grand kids?
At the Vatican, Sanders Calls for a ‘Moral Economy’
During a speech this morning at the Vatican, Senator Bernie Sanders advocated for an end to income inequality in America, condemned Wall Street for contributing to that inequality, and called for “a truly moral economy.”...
Sanders was the only presidential candidate invited to a conference at the Vatican today, which was hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. According to The New York Times, Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, the academy’s chancellor, said Sanders was invited because he is “the candidate who cites the pope the most in his campaign.”
The conference marks the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s Centesimus Annus encyclical, which called for social and economic justice at the end of the Cold War. In that encyclical, the Pope spoke out against the “illicit exploitation, speculation, or the breaking of solidarity among working people” in pursuit of profit. That made the conference fertile ground for Sanders to discuss his core campaign issues, including income inequality and corporate greed.
But while Sanders is often challenged to explain the mechanics of his plans to decrease income inequality in the United States, the speech at the Vatican was a rare chance to lay out a purely moral argument for doing so.
“The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great economic issue of our time, the great political issue of our time, and the great moral issue of our time,” he said. “It is an issue that we must confront in my nation and across the world.”
Though Pope Francis wasn’t in attendance at the conference, Sanders invoked the Pope’s speeches and writings, showcasing the similarities between himself and Pope Francis.
“As Pope Francis has stated: ‘Man is not in charge today, money is in charge, money rules,'” Sanders said. “And the Pope has also stated: ‘We have created new idols. The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal.'”
The problem is that there are now many on the Right who have been convinced that a tax is theft, that a regulation robs them of "freedom", and that any government involvement in our lives deprives them of "liberty".
Who convinced them of that? I think we all know.
So now they're stuck in this purist/absolutist ideological squirrel cage and they can't seem to break out of it.
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Well, now that you have unzipped your fly and let us all see your tiny little leanings for socialism.
It is not necessarily taxes. It is as much or more about what our tax dollars are spent on. We all know the socialists use the poor for political gain. Stalin (the left wing hero) called them useful idiots. Why would he call them that? I will be waiting for your explanation.
All rising socialist nations use thuggery to advance their cause. The Bolsheviks, the brown shirts, Khmer Rouge, the Red Guard, and now we see the "blacklivesmatter thugs. After the poor have worn out their usefulness and after the "revolution" is successful, it is time to cull the herd. Mass killings is what happens next.
The socialists in this country are still in the stage where they are convincing the useful idiots that they are on their side. The revolution is not complete. They get the media to push their propaganda. They get the educators to push the myth of utopia by showing ALL of the advantages of socialist countries and ONLY show the EVILS of a free market. Always showing the greed and fat cats.
Oh, how they hate stories like Herman Cain. Cause they need to divide and conquer and races is one of their best divisions. Oh, how they hate Dr Ben Carson. Ohhhhh, how they hate that.
