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ASU2003 · 01-12-2009, 05:48 PM

There were a few more things I forgot to add to the list

-Targeted taxes against 'bad' products or substances
-Limited executive pay (14x-25x lowest paid worker)
-Strict environmental laws/more mass transit
-More government run monopolies/services
-Government owning natural resources (or is this only in communism?)

I'm sure we will see a little bit more of a mixed-economy in the next decade, and that probably won't be a bad thing. I'm not exactly cheering for massive change, but certain action does need to be taken to fix some problems. If income taxes can be kept at current levels, I'm not going to be impacted very much either way. But with everything, you need to look at who benefits and who loses, and the people who would lose tend to be more vocal about it.

01-12-2009, 05:48 PM	#21 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	There were a few more things I forgot to add to the list -Targeted taxes against 'bad' products or substances -Limited executive pay (14x-25x lowest paid worker) -Strict environmental laws/more mass transit -More government run monopolies/services -Government owning natural resources (or is this only in communism?) I'm sure we will see a little bit more of a mixed-economy in the next decade, and that probably won't be a bad thing. I'm not exactly cheering for massive change, but certain action does need to be taken to fix some problems. If income taxes can be kept at current levels, I'm not going to be impacted very much either way. But with everything, you need to look at who benefits and who loses, and the people who would lose tend to be more vocal about it.