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Originally Posted by adios
I don't know how many posts you've made railing against income inequality and you have nothing to offer in fixing that? You're confused about the concept of paying people for labor what it is worth? Even in this thread your stating that the distribution of income is screwed but you offer nada to fix it. Methinks you're just someone who likes to whine and complain.
Well, the "fix" offered by you and Neil and the rest of the right wing seems to rely on making more people poor, and poor people even more poor. Meanwhile, you ignore what's happening on the other side of the curve.
For the past 40 years the US has increasingly become an oligarchy, mainly plutocratic. I don't mean that as hyperbole at all. It's literally what's happening.
The mainstream left has mostly focused on placing a floor on the low end in order to maintain a stable oligarchy. This is bad, but at least it aims for stability in lieu of a solution. The right is willing to sacrifice all stability in the name of growth, while completely ignoring that the foot soldiers in this class war (meaning you and Neil) aren't going to see any of the benefits of it. You don't even realize which side you're on.
So no adios, I don't have a solution for a massive societal problem affecting 100's of millions of people. But at least I know where I stand, and I'm not going to pretend that the solution to my problems (small) is to **** over people who are much worse off than me. I'm looking at where the money and power are, and it sure as **** isn't on the sales floor of Wal-Mart.