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the "nobody gets seconds until everyone get firsts act".
Last edited Fri Jul 27, 2012, 09:59 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
ideally, our economy is supposed to get supplies to satisfy demand. we make it complex, but it's really pretty simple. one way or another, those in need should get what they need. where resources are scarce, they should go first to those most in need.
most of us (though not those in congress or boardrooms across america) were taught as kids not to take seconds before everyone has had firsts. it's not very nice to chow down on your second or third portion while others watch you with an empty plate.
now i know right-wingers will slap a label on this that begins with "s" and ends with "ocialism", but they did that to the right-wing heritage foundation's health insurance plan solely because obama had the audacity to propose it to congress. they're firing that gun regardless.
here's the idea: you're welcome to make gazillions, but not while the unemployment rate is over 8%. if you're amassing a fortune, great. go for it. bully for you. but if you're going it while people people are begging for jobs, no dice. sorry. we're taking some of that fortune and giving it to those who are just trying to put food on their family.
here's how it works: the unemployment rate flat out can't go over 8%. period. ever. the 8.000001%th person looking for a job gets one. that's right. the federal government gives him one. or they make sure some state or local government gives him one. if congress decides to give that employee an assigment, such as fixing potholes, so much the better. if not, we worry about that later. in the meanwhile they get a living wage for doing nothing, or for just showing up. but that shouldn't be a problem. goodness knows there's no shortage of need for people doing things around here.
and how do we pay for this extravagance? we sock it to those precious job creators who are busy making profits instead of jobs. however much we spend on employing people to keep the unemployment rate below 8%, we send the bill to those making over $250,000 and to corporations. of course, it would help prevent dodging if we taxed all income the same (no lower rate for dividends) and to tax foreign income as well (no waiting until the money is repatriated), but that's another story.
if they don't like it, they can go hire some of these people themselves and they wouldn't have this surtax nonsense. so any time they get sent a bill, it's their own damn fault for not hiring enough -- for taking seconds before everyone has had firsts.
bottom line is that if the unemployment rate is over 8%, we have a demonstrably disfunctional economy. millions of idle labor resources are idle and people are going hungry. if there are others making outsized profits at the same time, then the economy isn't doing what it's supposed to be doing.
and we need to fix it.
those who are just trying to put food
on their family. ??? Putting food on anyone, even family, is very wasteful. A person who has worked hard to earn the money to purchase food knows this. A person who is just handed money that someone else has worked hard to earn probably wouldn't realize this.
And what happened to your capital letters? Are you so lazy that you're waiting on the government to force someone to come press the "Caps lock" or "shift" key for you?
I have an idea for all of you liberals who think that socialism is such a grand idea. Practice it yourself for one month. Take your income (welfare check, ebt, whatever) for one month. Seperate out just enough money to buy 30 oranges and eggs for breakfast, 60 cans of sardines or vienna sausages for lunch and dinner, and a packet of kool-aide. Then take the money that is remaining from your income and get someone to forcibly take it from you and give it to the most lazy and undeserving person available who is not of your choosing. Now, as that lazy and undeserving person is spending YOUR money and you try to determine how you are going to pay rent or mortgage, electrical, gas, and anything else that pops up think about how much you love socialism.
