Kasz216 said:
HappySqurriel said:
TheRealMafoo said:
I saw it. Got about an hour into it before I stopped.
The premise is everyone is the puppet to the powerful. The problem is, the biggest losers at the moment, with the world economy, are the powerful.
I doubt this would have been done on purpose by anyone. Very few have gained from it. |
Not really ... There are reasons why large and powerful corporations don't resist the movement towards "Big Government"
Social programs like government funded healthcare, daycare and pension programs tend to off-load the cost of services like these that large corporations and unions already provide onto their employees/union-members and smaller businesses (who don't typically pay for these benefits) in the form of higher taxes; and any increase in taxes that the large corporation faces is easily recovered through the reduction in the benefits they pay to their employees.
On top of this, the government tends to bailout large corporations that are filled with their "Friends" while letting small companies and individuals fail.
While I don't think they specifically planned an economic crisis, I don't think you can say any of the rich and powerful are the biggest losers in this climate being that their interests are protected at your expense.
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The Gini coeefficent is around the lowest it's ever been in this county.
Rich buisnesses may have advantages... but rich individuals... they've taken a bigger beating then anyone.
That's the thing. Big companies aren't rich people. They're everybody in that company.
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At the moment the Gini coefficient is around the lowest it has ever been ... Do you want to make a bet on where it will be in a few years?
Right now it is fairly reasonable to be concerned about high inflation in the near future, and it is likely that the elite in the United States will easily get raises and bonuses which have their income growing at far higher inflation while the poor will see their wages stagnate or shrink due to high unemployment.
