02-08-2008, 04:06 AM
How often have you left your basement in Philly to actually see other areas of the world and realize how "globalization" has impacted their lives. Raising their standard of living doesn't necessarily mean that they are happier or living a more fulfilled life, but this "ooooh, evil" globalization is the reason why there is running water, electricity, and immunization in formerly sheltered, cut-off third world nations.
That jobs which are given by companies started in the US, somehow inherently "belong" to americans and are being "stolen" by people outside the US is a foolish concept.
You are still working on the assumption that this government benefits the rich by an unbalanced percentage. The numbers show that the governemnt is funded largely by the rich, while for the benefit of the not rich. Basically the rich get back 30% of what they put in.
That this country's economy enables people getting rich doesn't mean that it "benefits" the rich. If you are already rich, It taxes the rich at a much higher rate than those who aren't rich; it taxes investment income (which has already been taxed once) which also hurts the rich, and when you are die, it takes half of your money so your children can't get rich for nothing.
That the economy makes it so easy for someone to create wealth, and go from little or no money to a lot of money actually benefits the poor more than almost any other country out there. We have less of a caste system, and are run on a meritocracy than most any other nation on the planet.
You and Noam Chomsky can eat a dick up.
That jobs which are given by companies started in the US, somehow inherently "belong" to americans and are being "stolen" by people outside the US is a foolish concept.
You are still working on the assumption that this government benefits the rich by an unbalanced percentage. The numbers show that the governemnt is funded largely by the rich, while for the benefit of the not rich. Basically the rich get back 30% of what they put in.
That this country's economy enables people getting rich doesn't mean that it "benefits" the rich. If you are already rich, It taxes the rich at a much higher rate than those who aren't rich; it taxes investment income (which has already been taxed once) which also hurts the rich, and when you are die, it takes half of your money so your children can't get rich for nothing.
That the economy makes it so easy for someone to create wealth, and go from little or no money to a lot of money actually benefits the poor more than almost any other country out there. We have less of a caste system, and are run on a meritocracy than most any other nation on the planet.
You and Noam Chomsky can eat a dick up.