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originally posted by: Southern Guardian
Cut taxes for the middle and lower classes. Money assured to go right back into the economy as there is a need to spend.
why has wealth inequality only gotten worse if those 'rich folk' who 'stagnate' their wealth by holding onto it rather than reinvesting are supposed to diminish while the economic forward folks accruing wealth supplant them to the betterment of the middle class?
originally posted by: Wayfarer
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
I agree with you that I wouldn't begrudge the wealthy getting wealthier if we all benefited, but I thought it was pretty clear that despite whatever it is their doing with the money, that's not the case.
Don't take my word for it. Just watch and pay attention to actions over time. Therein will lie the truth.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
Im not a big supporter of trickle down. Because the wealthy are greedy. WHat I am a fan of is improving my situation regardless of how much it may improve someone elses. Personally, I like the idea of new properties being developed. Its gives me more work, and gives my position more demand which increases my wages.
originally posted by: Azureblue
Now you know why welfare for individuals is declining and will continue to do decline. Its simply being taken off individuals and given to the corporate sector.
haven't you, the reader, not worked that out yet?
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Azureblue
Now you know why welfare for individuals is declining and will continue to do decline. Its simply being taken off individuals and given to the corporate sector.
haven't you, the reader, not worked that out yet?
When have the poor not been poor? I would say before we became a consumer society. Since then it is what can I get, and the poor just can't get what they want to keep up with everyone else, but there was a time that not having dollar in your pocket was not a bad thing because you really had nothing to buy.
originally posted by: Azureblue
Recent threads about missing trillions and the missing 2 trillion at the pentagon the 10/11 shows there is plenty of money to pay health levels of welfare to individuals. If 2 trillion dollars can get lost in the milititree, it proves beyond doubt that 2 trillion is just small change as far as the govt is concerned.
I read recently there are 47,000,000,000 homeless people in the US. Think of how much the economy would grow through injections of economic stimulus packages into the economy every month right throughout the country if the homeless and the poor were given $30k per year spread over 12 monthly receipts of cash?
Think of how much all local economies would spring into life with an injection of a fortnightly or monthly economic stimulus package that was spent into all local economies by the federal govt by bouncing it through the bank counts of the homeless, the poor and the unemployed?
How many new shops would open in shopping centers? How many new business would start up because more people have some money to spend? Dont forget we are talking about injections of monthly economic stimulus packages by bouncing it through banks accounts of the homeless, the poor and unemployed and straight into the local economy.
I read recently there are 47,000,000,000 homeless people in the US.