Comment on Anti-American Me.... by AtheosEmanon
Indeed, free market is a non-answer. Plus many libertarians seem to have a very distorted view of history. When I say the word "sweatshop" they plug their ears and start singing to drown me out. And the Triangle Shirtwaist fire means nothing to them.
And they never answer, if government can protect you from a foreign army or from phsyical attack from a mugger why can't they protect you from a business or a corporation? And they seem to think that private industry can do no wrong.
A friend of mine once said that the Turkish immigration service is more effecient than the Canadian one. So clearly getting rid of it is not the ideal solution. It can be improved.
Personally I believe economic freedom needs a good groundwork of personal freedom to mean anything. It's useless if anybody can discriminate against you for your skin color or religion, or if you're a cripple and you need a hand.
and even with Social Darwinism, the earning and working potential of the poor isn't zero. They're not unsalvageable. So who's going to do the scrubbing of toilets? the Rich?
And they never answer, if government can protect you from a foreign army or from phsyical attack from a mugger why can't they protect you from a business or a corporation? And they seem to think that private industry can do no wrong.
A friend of mine once said that the Turkish immigration service is more effecient than the Canadian one. So clearly getting rid of it is not the ideal solution. It can be improved.
Personally I believe economic freedom needs a good groundwork of personal freedom to mean anything. It's useless if anybody can discriminate against you for your skin color or religion, or if you're a cripple and you need a hand.
and even with Social Darwinism, the earning and working potential of the poor isn't zero. They're not unsalvageable. So who's going to do the scrubbing of toilets? the Rich?
Free market system has never worked, Plus there is no such thing in the current world of a free market. There are markets where there are not as many regulations yet there are no fully free market systems they were proven to be counterintuitive and counterproductive to any idea of a true market where even the little guy has a chance, even if a small one, to succeed.
Because they are faithful people who believe corporations are people and are very nice people.. daddy Warbucks and they are waiting for their annie to make them humane...
I am for economic freedom, yet not if that freedom means apathy and just letting them run wild...
As Bernie Sanders said:
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"in the year 2007, the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income,..In the mid-1970s, the top 1 percent earned about 8 percent of all income. In the 1980s, that figure jumped to 14 percent. In the late 1990s, that 1 percent earned about 19 percent."
Yet all we hear from the republicans is that there is no economic inequality, just liberals starting trouble and making class warfare.
Let us see... in the 1970s... 99% of the people shared 92% of the pie.. meaning only 7% of the people needed help, if any.
In the 1980s... 99% of the people shared 86% of the pie... meaning 13% of them needed help...
1990s... 99% of the people shared 81% of the pie.. meaning 18% of them needed help...
As of 2007, 99% of the people shared 23.5% of the pie... meaning 24% of the people need help..
Which makes a bit of sense when you consider 50M Americans now live below the poverty line..
Because they are faithful people who believe corporations are people and are very nice people.. daddy Warbucks and they are waiting for their annie to make them humane...
I am for economic freedom, yet not if that freedom means apathy and just letting them run wild...
As Bernie Sanders said:
[link]
RATED 100% TRUE
"in the year 2007, the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income,..In the mid-1970s, the top 1 percent earned about 8 percent of all income. In the 1980s, that figure jumped to 14 percent. In the late 1990s, that 1 percent earned about 19 percent."
Yet all we hear from the republicans is that there is no economic inequality, just liberals starting trouble and making class warfare.
Let us see... in the 1970s... 99% of the people shared 92% of the pie.. meaning only 7% of the people needed help, if any.
In the 1980s... 99% of the people shared 86% of the pie... meaning 13% of them needed help...
1990s... 99% of the people shared 81% of the pie.. meaning 18% of them needed help...
As of 2007, 99% of the people shared 23.5% of the pie... meaning 24% of the people need help..
Which makes a bit of sense when you consider 50M Americans now live below the poverty line..