kalm wrote:With the exception of a small increase under Clinton which helped balance the budget, taxes on the wealthy and corporations has been going down ever since Reagan while the weatlh gap has increased dramtically, wages have been stagnant, and good paying manufacturing jobs have been replaced with the service industry. It's the opposite of what you think.blueballs wrote:There were multitudes of media and politicians as well as regular citizens who tried to warn against exactly what is transpiring now in the fall of 2008.
Unfortunately they were marginalized by the overwhelming majority of the media as the truth didn't fit their agenda. It is also unfortunate that we are collectively all stuck with this situation for at least 3 more years, in which time bills can be passed, money spent, promises made that this nation will never recover from.
Remember this: ALL politicians, regardless of party affiliation or ideology, are in politics for one reason and one reason only- the acquisition, expansion, and retention of power. Our tax money, lawfully earned by the working citizens of this nation and taken at the point of a gun, is the capital politicians use to further that very basic agenda. As less and less of the populace shoulders more and more of the burden under our unfair system of progressive taxation, the balance of power skews and will (you may argue has) become out of balance and the system will be irreparably broken.
Remember this too: Every dollar a politician takes from a business owner like me is a dollar that I won't reinvest into my community in the form of creating jobs and buying goods and services from my neighbors.
And btw, demand creates jobs, not business owners. So if you take your ball and go home while there is still a market for your product or you cut expenses and thereby the quality of your service or product, someone else will fill that void.
I've been down this road with Baldy...
(good luck)
