Originally posted by Malthus Doctrine:
I get what you're saying. The wealth gap makes people suffer, just like eons ago, and it isn't anything new. We will all benefit if we redistribute everyone's wealth and eliminate people's right to property in America. It's an easy concept to understand. I disagree with it vehemently as the only people I owe anything to are my family. Not people on the other side of the globe, much less people here that may be poor, but have a myriad of social services that already exist. In terms of a level of compassion, to suggest that I much less any one else on this board, wouldn't help someone in my family or immediate social circle is asinine. I just refuse to accept a system based on "popular party-endorsed" theft.
Why don't you bitch about welfare fraud anymore like you used to?
It isn't anything new. It has already happened in the US previously, and obviously a good percentage of people didn't learn anything.
Nobody is asking for full-blown wealth distribution and confiscation of property. That's an asinine argument and assumption.
Compassion isn't the issue, either. A simple cause and effect relationship is at play. The wider the income gap becomes, the more crime will rise, the lower classes will become even less educated than they are now, more people will be homeless, people will be unable to retire, etc. The standard of living for everyone will go down. Again, this has already happened, and there are still many examples around the world today.
Wealth distribution must get better or we will all suffer. And, it is painfully obvious that the people gaining, and holding, the most wealth aren't going to help distribute it better voluntarily.
I'm not even asking for anything, or trying to provide a solution. I'm just pointing out that since Reagan's tax cuts, things have been well on their way to shit. I used to be a huge supporter of the supply-side theory... until I read and realized that it was all crap and doesn't hold up under scrutiny. The wealth isn't trickling down, and it needs to.
Why don't I bitch about welfare fraud anymore? Why should I bitch about a poor person getting a steak or crab legs while Lockheed Martin takes over $3.5 Billion in taxpayers dollars to fund their underfunded pension (to the tune of over $10 Billion) while they are collecting profits over $20 Billion? This is, of course, before they decide to freeze their employees pension, and tell them they need to make sacrifices to remain competitive.
Boeing, Raytheon, GE, etc., etc., etc... they are all doing it.
Who gives a damn about poor people while our corporations are taking much, much, more and screwing their employees in the process.
