Chairman-Mao said:
rocketpig said:
Chairman-Mao said:
Don't like it then leave.
I'm sick of people complaining about how uneven wealth is distributed. Maybe its because the top 10% that makes 6 figures (or more) worked harder and are better educated.
Also the wealthy pay way more in taxes already. The answer to every problem in the world isn't "tax the rich more"
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This is such a load of shit. If you don't think this country's economic and legislative systems have been manipulated by the wealthy and powerful to benefit themselves, you're just not paying attention.
Anyone who uses the term "well then, leave" has their head up their ass. I love this country as much as anyone but all you have to do is look around at what is happening with partisan politics, turning non-issues into a public fervor to distract from real problems that face the American public to see that something is very wrong with our political structure and how it's influenced.
Did you even LOOK at the graphs? There is a problem when the middle class is sliding backwards and the super-rich are spiking upward at an alarming rate. That's not good for ANYONE in the long term.
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Yeah of course there's major problems in society, but the answer isn't to punish people who make more money, it will just give less incentive to actually work hard if you're just going to be taxed way more. And I'm sick of the argument that we should tax the wealthy more because "they can afford it" - anyone who says that I automatically consider an asshole (not saying you said it, but people do).
The government just needs to get rid of all the loopholes people use to get out of paying tax, and also find better ways to spend the tax money they do get.
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My point isn't to punish them, it's that the American public needs to look at these four things and re-evaluate what their politicians have done to them over the past half century:
1. The percentage of American wealth owned by the top 1% has increased.
2. Tax rates have steadily declined for the top 1% of Americans.
3. The American deficit has ballooned during this time.
4. Adjusted for inflation, much of the middle class makes less than they did.
I don't see how anyone can look at those four things and walk away, saying "yeah, everything is JUST FINE".
