Flawed economics (via to boondoggle is human.)

This is what I have been saying in many blog posts. We simply cannot keep doing the same economic things over and over again when they have failed over and over again. Some have said that is the very definition of insanity.

It is not ethical or moral to have corporations and the wealthy shed their tax burdens while leaving the average wage earners holding the bag. Those who control large sums of money in this country benefit like everyone else from educational systems, roads and bridges, and the work of police, firemen and our soldiers. Calling yourselves, “job creators” does not place a halo on your head or relieve you of your duty to your country, your state, your community and your fellow citizens.

We need to have a tax code that allocates the taxes paid in relation to the excess wealth accumulated and severely limits the amount paid on the base money necessary for basic needs, like food, shelter, education and medical needs.

I like this blogger’s thinking and I wish him well.

James Pilant

Flawed economics Supply-side Economics (see http://bit.ly/e8cvkl for definition and description), founded by Milton Friedman and made policy by Reagan, has been tested over the past 30 years.  It is working for the top 1%; not so much for the rest of us.  The dawned (indeed, dawned) realization is that the vast majority of ordinary consumers – the massive lower middle- and middle-class – are seeing their wages stagnate.  We are witnessing the impact of wage-stagn … Read More

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Outcasts: Tonight Tens Of Thousands Of Formerly Middle Class Americans Will Be Sleeping In Their Cars, In Tent Cities Or On The Streets (via Evil of indifference)

The Middle Class is shedding population. People leave for many reasons. But in the last few years, off shoring, foolish trade agreements, corporate financial speculation and a government little concerned with the plight of average wage earners, has parsed the Middle Class without obstacle.

I agree with the blog post below.

James Pilant

“Economic despair is beginning to spread rapidly in America. As you read this, there are millions of American families that are just barely hanging on by their fingernails. For a growing number of Americans, it has become an all-out battle just to be able to afford to sleep under a roof and put a little bit of food on the table. Sadly, there are more people than ever that are losing that battle. Tonight, tens of thousands of formerly middle class … Read More

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