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Originally Posted by pan6467
But where exactly did I say increase taxes????
I believe I talked about cutting pork, like multimillion dollar bridges to no where and using that money to buy back some of the IOUs in Social Security.
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It's time we woke up, figured it out and fucking got back to where we belong and stop accepting Neocon bullshit that "we need to just lower our standard of living, while CEOs make far more than ever, while we cut their taxes and make sure education, healthcare and a retirement are unreachable for you peons who have to truly work for a living."
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I am sorry, I can agree that CEOs appear to make too much money but I just don't see where it's the government's business to tell a corporation how to compensate its employees.
As for standard of living... the fact is, many people DO live beyond their means. There are many reasons that people do this but ultimately the buck as to stop with individuals who spend more than they earn.
I agree that there is room for tax reform, health care, etc. I am all for progressive policies but not the expense of healthy economy. To suggest that the US (or any country) should put up trade barriers and tariffs in this increasingly flat world is excessively short sighted.
Yes, people are losing jobs in the US and elsewhere in the West. But new jobs are being created. Different jobs to be sure. Meanwhile, places like India, China and large parts of South East Asia are growing their economies through increased trade with the rest of the world. Trade not only in goods but in ideas, hopes and dreams. This has done more to bring peace and prosperity (or at least the increasing potential for both) than pretty much any other force at work today.
Setting up trade barriers and turning your collective backs on the world at a time when you need to be embracing it more fully and completely is folly.