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Don't forget all the private sector jobs associated with means testing. Read "Bullshit Jobs". Also, taxes on the top are way, way too low. As evidenced by the
by mcdonje 1y ago
Don't forget all the private sector jobs associated with means testing.
Read "Bullshit Jobs".
Also, taxes on the top are way, way too low. As evidenced by the facts that inequality is at a high point and the super rich are able to thoroughly control the government.
Edit: The person I replied to made a pithy comment about 'feelings being uncorrelated with accuracy', then made an incomplete superficial analysis.
Now, I'm getting downvoted with no logical rebuttal.
Seems like a knee-jerk emotional reaction to me daring to say taxes aren't high enough, even though inequality is high, and the balance of power does favor the super rich over the government and the masses.
Either that, or an inability to imagine the second order effects on the economy if people who are currently working BS jobs had enough of a safety net to persue their passion projects.
Even though their wages are private sector, the jobs are private sector waste to support governmental waste. Imagine if instead of getting people to work 40 hours a week to help a company determine if they're in compliance with a governmental means-tested program, people were just given money to live.
Some would spend their time taking care of their grandkids. Many would start businesses. Open source projects would have plenty of labor. Towns battling invasive species would have plenty of labor.
- WalterBright 1y ago> the facts that inequality is at a high point and the super rich are able to thoroughly control the government. Perot failed at buying his way into the Presidency. So did Bloomberg. Hillary outspent Trump 2:1 and lost the election. Harris outspent Trump 3:1 and lost the election. The idea that rich people thoroughly control the government doesn't add up. (Though people definitely get rich by getting into power. The Clintons entered the White House as paupers and emerged around $100m.)
- lukas099 1y agoAnd now we see corporations all falling over themselves to capitulate to the current admin. Money isn’t power; power is power.
- WalterBright 1y agoThey also fell all over themselves to capitulate to the Obama/Biden administrations.
- lukas099 1y agoDo you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind? Because that’s how these companies must feel regarding their principles.
- WalterBright 1y agoCorporations must conform to the winds of the government. Not the other way around.
- mcdonje 1y agoExtremely naive take. Regulatory capture is very real.
- mcdonje 1y agoPeople spending more on failed presidential bids in no way undermines my argument. The Clintons writing books and giving lectures is also irrelevant.
- WalterBright 1y agoWhy do both parties cater heavily to the poor people vote? Why does Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security dominate government expenditures? Those programs don't benefit rich people.
- mcdonje 1y agoLarge corporations donate heavily to both parties and absolutely get their money's worth. They don't cater heavily to poor people for votes. They use lies and misinformation to get poor to vote against their interests. If the poor were actually being catered to like you seem to think they are, they'd actually have their basic needs met. Why are we stuck with Medicaid and Medicare instead of having universal healthcare? It's not cost. We're currently paying more than other rich countries (which answers your 'domonating government expenditures' comment). Because the status quo helps the rich.
- WalterBright 1y agoThat still doesn't explain why M, M and SS are the dominant expenditures of the government and are directed at poor people, but the rich don't benefit from them.
- mcdonje 1y agoIt touched on an explanation even though it didn't completely spell it out. You really think our broken healcare system is worse for rich people and corporations than single payer would be?
- WalterBright 1y ago
- deadbabe 1y agoIdiots control our government now. They just happen to also be rich, which is worse than being controlled by smart rich people.