mrstickball said:
Rath, The real question shouldn't be that it reduces the standard of living, but what the standard is. After all, a person at the poverty line in America is going to have a car, a flat-screen TV, at least 1 video game system, a house that is at least 1,200 square feet, and has enough money to eat out 1 or 2 times a week. Comparatively, a person at the poverty line in India is going to have no car, no TV, no video games, a house that may be 700 square feet, and barely has access to the resources to cook with, much less go out to eat. The reality is that the disparity really shouldn't matter nearly as much as what the disparity brings. Please note that I've lived at the poverty level in America for about 80% of my life. Its not bad at all. I, nor anyone, should care that income disparity is at an all-time high if creature comforts for our poor are at an all-time high too. Finally, if you really want to fix the income disparity, taxing them - removing the fruit of their labors - is about the most retarded thing you can do. Looking at the data, there is a strong correlation between education and income disparity. I would highly suggest focusing discussion on our abysmal education system. For example, the school my wife graduated from only sees 70% of their students pass major international tests, and is the crappiest school in our county. Do you think they will help bridge the income gap? No. Most have been doomed to low-paying jobs because they weren't taught to have ambition in their careers. |
I have to agree with this. I think everybody always want's to blame somebody else for what they dont have. Unless you won the lottery are had a bunch of money handed to you,don't you think those top earner's in America,payed there dues and deserve that money? I think they do. Life in general is'nt fair. If you want something bad enough,you have to work and work hard at what you want,no matter what. I'm not that rich and don't have alot of money,but I can't just get mad and blame all the people that have been successful in the corporate world. If you raise taxes on small businesses and the wealthy,there just going to find some loophole and probably take there business oversea's. I think they tried that in New York and had to repeal that law,because they just keept leaving and there revenue actually went down. I could be mistaken on that,but I think I seen that on the news somewere.