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What kind of anti-capitalist talk is this? How can you justify saying wealthy people receive more benefits? Poor people receive money from the government, like
by bluedevil2k 8y ago
What kind of anti-capitalist talk is this? How can you justify saying wealthy people receive more benefits? Poor people receive money from the government, like straight up cash on a debit card. They receive an hourly bonus through the earned income tax credit. They can receive free health care through Medicaid. The court system makes contracts fair and equitable precisely so that poor people aren’t taken advantage of. Check out all the mortgage/ home title papers you have to sign to get a house. And police are absolutely not providing better protection. If anything, they use the well off neighborhoods to raise some speeding ticket money.
- andybak 8y agoAs a European I'm genuinely not sure whether this is satire or not.
- Jtsummers 8y agoAs an American I can’t tell either.
- simonh 8y agoI used to work for a US bank. It’s not.
- bluedevil2k 8y agoNot satire - if you can provide more concrete examples of how the rich receive more benefits from the government, I’m open for learning.
- pm24601 8y agoPick a post from this site: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/ https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/
- bluedevil2k 8y agoHa, 3/4 of the page of an anti-capitalism website is trying to convince people to give them money.
- pm24601 8y agoThis is true of any non-profit as well. Salvation Army, goodwill... your point is not a point. Just a comment that everyone needs to eat.
- andybak 8y agoI think it's down to how we define "more". In dollar amounts then no. You're correct. But in terms of value? Almost by definition, the rich are benefiting from the status quo more than the poor and it seems to be a strange feat of logic to argue that they are getting the raw end of the deal. It's not like the wealthy ever go "those people on benefits have it easy. Hell. I'm going to join them".
- bluedevil2k 8y agoNo, they don’t say they want to join the poor, but I think wealthy people think the government is not really involved much in their day to day life, whereas I don’t think poor people can say the same.
- quxbar 8y agoLet's say Wal-mart pays so little that their workers regularly have to go on food stamps to get by. Are those workers benefitting the most, or is Wal-mart? Working for low wages while additionally being held to the strictures of a government program is a double-dose of agency removal.
- simonh 8y agoI think it’s hard to argue the wealthy obtain more benefits overall, but I think it’s fair to point out that there are some ways in which they (we, I’m in the top 2% in the UK but only just) do benefit more but are not charged for it.