Hi. I'm no Marxist, but I am old enough to remember the world before President Reagan & Friends. Back then, the US had a tax structure that meant that the 1%e

Hi. I'm no Marxist, but I am old enough to remember the world before President Reagan & Friends. Back then, the US had a tax structure that meant that the 1%ers paid much more in income taxes (FWIW, the poor also paid less in FICA); government was better funded, and could hire more people to clean up some of society's loose ends. I'm not a fan of "basic income", although some "welfare" may have a place, but there is a lot of infrastructure that goes into supporting a business friendly environment, as well as making the country a nicer or safer place to live. Of course, the powers that be in this country don't want us to turn into some kind of socialist hell-hole like Germany or Sweden :-)