It's nice you're thinking about it, Vice. But you're grossly simplifying our economic/ political structure.
The entire system is designed to keep people down and allow a select few to become more and more wealthy by continual redestribution of wealth. Acheived through tax policies(Loops holes) and making public schools locally funded and a lot of other factors.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/26/news/economy/cbo_income/index.htm?iid=Lead&hpt=hp_t2
"From 1979 to 2007, average household income for the nation's top 1% more than tripled, while middle-class incomes grew by less than 40%, according to a new report from a research arm of Congress."
I would be interested in knowing the numbers from 2000-2008 in particular. I bet the largest increases were there and shortly after.
It's not about asking for entitlements it's about leveling the playing field. It's also worth noting that the "news" you hear, world-wide, is controlled by 6 corporations. (All with similar agendas, mind you.)
There's a reason the Supreme Court over-turned a 100+ year old law that prohibited unlimited corporate funding for campaigns. They wanted to make the super-rich that much more influencial in elections. The reason that law was in place was to prevent that, obviously.
Take two attrocious governors like Walker and Minnesota's(not sure who and too lazy to Google). Minnesota's in particular was passing legislation under the pre-text of "budget repair"(redistribution of wealth and union smashing) in which there was something like 1.8 million in higher taxes for elderly and in the same bill gave an equal tax break to the rich. That is redistribution of wealth, plain and simple.
These are the types of things that aren't right and need to be changed, this evil and political / media take over has been running the country into the ground.(Aside from the small group getting more wealthy, there's also a record number of millionares now)
I don't think anyone(sensible) expects free hand outs or to take people's things. But you would have to be extremley uneducated to not realize there are massive problems with our political and economic situation.
Which is why I propose we all vote for Ron Paul. The only man with real and sensible solutions to the problems facing America. A man not in bed with lobbiest and has stuck with the same platforms for 30ish years now. I was extremley surprised to hear that someone legitamate was running when I read about what he was for.
Open your mind and do some research.
The entire system is designed to keep people down and allow a select few to become more and more wealthy by continual redestribution of wealth. Acheived through tax policies(Loops holes) and making public schools locally funded and a lot of other factors.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/26/news/economy/cbo_income/index.htm?iid=Lead&hpt=hp_t2
"From 1979 to 2007, average household income for the nation's top 1% more than tripled, while middle-class incomes grew by less than 40%, according to a new report from a research arm of Congress."
I would be interested in knowing the numbers from 2000-2008 in particular. I bet the largest increases were there and shortly after.
It's not about asking for entitlements it's about leveling the playing field. It's also worth noting that the "news" you hear, world-wide, is controlled by 6 corporations. (All with similar agendas, mind you.)
There's a reason the Supreme Court over-turned a 100+ year old law that prohibited unlimited corporate funding for campaigns. They wanted to make the super-rich that much more influencial in elections. The reason that law was in place was to prevent that, obviously.
Take two attrocious governors like Walker and Minnesota's(not sure who and too lazy to Google). Minnesota's in particular was passing legislation under the pre-text of "budget repair"(redistribution of wealth and union smashing) in which there was something like 1.8 million in higher taxes for elderly and in the same bill gave an equal tax break to the rich. That is redistribution of wealth, plain and simple.
These are the types of things that aren't right and need to be changed, this evil and political / media take over has been running the country into the ground.(Aside from the small group getting more wealthy, there's also a record number of millionares now)
I don't think anyone(sensible) expects free hand outs or to take people's things. But you would have to be extremley uneducated to not realize there are massive problems with our political and economic situation.
Which is why I propose we all vote for Ron Paul. The only man with real and sensible solutions to the problems facing America. A man not in bed with lobbiest and has stuck with the same platforms for 30ish years now. I was extremley surprised to hear that someone legitamate was running when I read about what he was for.
Open your mind and do some research.
bc majority of people prefer social security to personal responsibility. They prefer bad government to rule their lives than to risk failure in free society, where you can blame only yourself.
