02-12-2016, 06:15 PM
(02-12-2016, 03:09 PM)BenSkywalker Wrote:Quote:Very few average people hold shares in anything except through superannuation portfolios (which are managed for them 99.9% of the time).
Click the link.
Superannuation portfolios are what is driving this level of greed you think would somehow be dealt with by taxing the rich- that is idiocy.
Construct the tax code to make it financially *viable* to keep jobs in a civilized nation- that helps solve the problem instead of throwing a temper tantrum about the fucking kid who has more toys then you do which doesn't solve a fucking thing.
I think that's the biggest difference between you and I when it comes to politics, I want to see things done that will help people. You simply want to use it as a tool to hurt.
What I bolded is the proverbial "heart of the matter" with GStan and a lot of people.
"Waaahhh! People have more money than me! They should give their money to the people I decide they should give it to, I know what is best for their money! Waaah!"
People like me think that government can only assist or impede creation of jobs via their powers of regulation, import/export tax, income tax.
Given my choice, social welfare programs would also be routed through business to subsidize low end jobs for unskilled labor to make off shoring those positions less of a slam dunk choice.
Raising taxes and minimum wage are a death spiral for an economy, people like GStan are too obtuse to see the big picture. All about the short term gain at the expense of the long term stability and growth, in his fevered little brain the answer to diminishing jobs due to higher taxes and wages would likely be,"Easy! You just raise taxes again!"
