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radiantshadow92 on 23 February 2011
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mrstickball said:
Scoobes said:

I'm from the UK so I don't know all the ins and outs of American politics and law, but I agree that taxing the super-rich never seems to work. They always find loopholes or just move to tax havens.

However, thinking long-term I don't think it's only education that needs to be looked at. In the UK for instance, lots of people are well educated, but there just aren't enough jobs for them and there is nearly always someone with more experience competing for those same jobs.

If more effort went into supporting smaller businesses and start-ups then social mobility should theoretically increase for everyone. Giving tax breaks to start-ups, having extra funds for small bussinesses (especially those that will require a decent labor force) should help to create more jobs and entrepreneurs which means larger amounts of money through tax. The US might already have systems in place but but greater emphasis whould lead to more social mobility in the future.

When I say education, I don't simply mean degrees or the like, but the actual intelligence of the citizens.

America....For lack of nicer words....Is filled with unintelligent, short-sighted people. Its not the number of people we send to college, but its the intelligence of our people. Simply looking at our science and math scores would show you how bad we are.

I think that such abilities translates not so much to degrees, but the average ambition of a person - the will to do better, and fight for a better quality of life. I think the reason that CEOs and the super-rich 'take advantage' is simply because they are unchecked not by the government, but by their workers and shareholders.

If we can instill more discipline and base education in Americans, I think we'd see a lot of the problems go away. But for most people, scapegoating something easy is the way to go, rather than make the hard choices that are likely right.


Its true, America needs to tax more and pay for better education. But hey, republicans would never let that happen =/. They just want to cut costs and keep the taxes low. =l