Yeah... there's just SO much about our current system in general that is completely fubar, from economy to governance and all points in between there's a serious logical disconnect. Enough with the fucking finger pointing, assessing blame does little to nothing in regards to actually SOLVING the problems. Admit there's a problem and set to fixing it, election results be damned. Campaigns financed by corporate interests are going to benefit who? You guessed it, the corporate interests. And just what are their 'interests', you ask? Mainly, higher corporate profits, paying their CEO 300 times what the average worker in the company takes home, and making sure he doesn't have to pay his fair share of taxes on that egregiously overinflated income.
The Republicans argue that if we repeal the tax cuts made by Bush II in '01 and '03, the already sluggish economy (because the Bush years were SO productive in stimulating the economy) won't recover as quickly because the wealthy will be paying too much in taxes to create jobs. If that's the case, then why didn't 10 fucking years of HAVING the tax breaks get anywhere in job creation? Oh, right. Because they shipped all of those new jobs to overseas markets like Asia and India. Why? See the above statement regarding higher corporate profits, and paying their CEO outrageous sums for selling out the American dream, leaving the average Joe in America living in a van, down by the river. In other words, not going to amount to JACK SQUAT!
This all seems so plainly obvious, that the 'American Dream' is at best a vestige of a bygone era, significant in name alone to the huddled masses of generations passed by, as they lament the youth of today, and their inability to be 'bootstrappy' like they were in their halcyon days of youth. Problem being, they came of age in a much different country than you and I, where honesty, hard work and integrity were the hallmarks of success, the good were rewarded and the wicked punished. Not so for our lot, unfortunately; We are resigned to a life based on struggle and strife, without the clear possibility of overcoming our adversity. An economy based on credit and debt, not worth or wealth. A corporate culture that rewards backstabbing and cut-throats, a culture of loopholes and technicalities, a focus of profit at the expense of all else. The profit that benefits the shareholders and no one else, save for the CEO perhaps. Certainly not the American people at large.
There is more than enough to go around, obviously, but why them is the unemployment rate so high? Why are so many people left living hand-to-mouth? Because, my dear reader, those all-important corporate profits have little room for American workers who deserve a livable wage. Why bother hiring one American worker when for the same outlay, you can hire 5 in a foreign country, ship raw materials to them, and ship the finished goods back to market, and still have plenty leftover for dividends and CEO compensation packages? This all works out very well in the end for the top 1% who take home just about 35% of all US wealth, not so bad for about 10% of the American public who manage to split another 35% ten ways, and with the other 90% left to divide up the remaining 28.5% of the income, you can see where the picture starts getting a little fuzzy.
Think of it as 100 people:
Guy #1 gets $35.00
Guys #2-11 each get $ 3.50
Guys #12-100 each get a quarter.
perhaps in another way...
Guys #12-100 Get minimum wage @ $7.35 an hour
Guys #2-11 make $100 an hour to help Guy #1 screw Guys #12-100 out of making a decent living.
Guy #1 makes $1000 an hour to figure out new and better ways for his company to further screw Guys #2-100 out of making a decent living.
To be Continued...
The Republicans argue that if we repeal the tax cuts made by Bush II in '01 and '03, the already sluggish economy (because the Bush years were SO productive in stimulating the economy) won't recover as quickly because the wealthy will be paying too much in taxes to create jobs. If that's the case, then why didn't 10 fucking years of HAVING the tax breaks get anywhere in job creation? Oh, right. Because they shipped all of those new jobs to overseas markets like Asia and India. Why? See the above statement regarding higher corporate profits, and paying their CEO outrageous sums for selling out the American dream, leaving the average Joe in America living in a van, down by the river. In other words, not going to amount to JACK SQUAT!
This all seems so plainly obvious, that the 'American Dream' is at best a vestige of a bygone era, significant in name alone to the huddled masses of generations passed by, as they lament the youth of today, and their inability to be 'bootstrappy' like they were in their halcyon days of youth. Problem being, they came of age in a much different country than you and I, where honesty, hard work and integrity were the hallmarks of success, the good were rewarded and the wicked punished. Not so for our lot, unfortunately; We are resigned to a life based on struggle and strife, without the clear possibility of overcoming our adversity. An economy based on credit and debt, not worth or wealth. A corporate culture that rewards backstabbing and cut-throats, a culture of loopholes and technicalities, a focus of profit at the expense of all else. The profit that benefits the shareholders and no one else, save for the CEO perhaps. Certainly not the American people at large.
There is more than enough to go around, obviously, but why them is the unemployment rate so high? Why are so many people left living hand-to-mouth? Because, my dear reader, those all-important corporate profits have little room for American workers who deserve a livable wage. Why bother hiring one American worker when for the same outlay, you can hire 5 in a foreign country, ship raw materials to them, and ship the finished goods back to market, and still have plenty leftover for dividends and CEO compensation packages? This all works out very well in the end for the top 1% who take home just about 35% of all US wealth, not so bad for about 10% of the American public who manage to split another 35% ten ways, and with the other 90% left to divide up the remaining 28.5% of the income, you can see where the picture starts getting a little fuzzy.
Think of it as 100 people:
Guy #1 gets $35.00
Guys #2-11 each get $ 3.50
Guys #12-100 each get a quarter.
perhaps in another way...
Guys #12-100 Get minimum wage @ $7.35 an hour
Guys #2-11 make $100 an hour to help Guy #1 screw Guys #12-100 out of making a decent living.
Guy #1 makes $1000 an hour to figure out new and better ways for his company to further screw Guys #2-100 out of making a decent living.
To be Continued...
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