Lowering taxes on the rich has never helped anyone else. They do not increase the number of jobs, they do not keep jobs in the US, they do not even improve the lot of their current employees. They pocket the money and put it in offshore accounts. Meanwhile, those same people (and companies) DO pay taxes in some of the other countries they operate in. They’re just suckering the U.S.
This cartoon is silly. If the subject is CEO pay, that is unrelated to corporate taxes and job creation. CEO pay is not based on either. If the subject is corporate taxes and jobs, then why bring up CEO pay? The bag should be labelled Corporate Cash On Hand. But that is not nearly so inflammatory, is it?
Not only privatize the military but pay them what they are worth, given the job. In Vietnam Westmoreland was once asked by a reporter after the rank and file had received a wage increase (privates went from $96 a month to $105 a month (a 10% increase!) whether that was a good idea, given the economic troubles of that particular quarter. His response was a question to said reporter, “What would it take for you to walk point in a Marine squad?”
The reporter replied completely straight facedly, “not even for my current salary of $25000 a year.” So now if we privatize the military, how much will we pay a Grunt Rifleman? Radio Operator? Machine Gunner? Corpsman?
Right now they make something like twenty to thirty thousand a year. How man of you dullards out there would walk point in a patrol making twenty thousand a year. What price would privatizing the militry have to settle on to get someone to volunteer to be a Grunt Radio Operator in the fire team at the pointy end of the spear?
My answer is that just like many things the government does and many things no private entity would be willing to do if we left it to private business, we couldn’t afford it. That is why government exists. For the social good.
It is true that many times government could do it better but to claim that business could always do it better is just plain stupid. However, being a fair minded liberal of the far left extreme type I am perfectly willing to let you rock ribbed conservative types have your way. No subsidies whatever for anything at all. No government except for providing mutual defense and ensuring the free flow of goods between states. No government interference at all in the business of the people. I would give you six months and you would be crying like a bunch of little girls.
Absolutely correct. Capitalism, and especially capitalists, suck!!!They live off the toil of the masses. Power to the proletariat!!! They will get everyone working, particularly the parasitic capitalists!
During every economic crisis where companies have had large layoffs, I have wondered how many jobs could be saved if CEOs took a large paycut. Lets face it jobs = buying stuff which supports the economy. I am pretty sure that the top 1% who have the majority of the money will not spend as much as the other 99% who don’t have the luxury of high priced lawyers to bail them out when they don’t pay bills.
According to this guy it has all been deliberate.http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/11/14-1
@mdavis4183: The economy crashed under Bush. Just because Obama hasn’t yet presided over a full recovery doesn’t mean that the toxins weren’t already in the economy when he took the job.
Try reading this about the evolution of the American economy – righties will probably reject this out of hand because Robert Reich worked for Clinton, but his data are interesting are worth examining.http://robertreich.org/post/5993482080
“The truth of the matter is that federal taxes in the United States are very low. There is no reason to believe that reducing them further will do anything to raise growth or reduce unemployment.”Ergo, raising taxes, particularly on the wealthy, and more specifically on the top 2% will trigger the production of private, wealth producing jobs, and ultimately full employment . . .!!!
^No, read the sentence properly. He’s saying that lowering taxes will not help, and raising them will have a positive impact on deficit reduction, which is essential.
phuhknees almost 13 years ago
He said he didn’t say he didn’t say he said it!
Wait… or did he didn’t say what he should have said, but he would have said already?
Who can say, can you?
But what he really said was said with greed and we’re more the sadder for it.
Nebulous Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I’ve been saying that they’ve been saying that for years.
Jaedabee Premium Member almost 13 years ago
MEANWHILE: Minimum wage? Bah! *
cdward almost 13 years ago
Lowering taxes on the rich has never helped anyone else. They do not increase the number of jobs, they do not keep jobs in the US, they do not even improve the lot of their current employees. They pocket the money and put it in offshore accounts. Meanwhile, those same people (and companies) DO pay taxes in some of the other countries they operate in. They’re just suckering the U.S.
James Hicks Premium Member almost 13 years ago
More propaganda from the lefitist pressinistas.
hotdogger almost 13 years ago
This cartoon is silly. If the subject is CEO pay, that is unrelated to corporate taxes and job creation. CEO pay is not based on either. If the subject is corporate taxes and jobs, then why bring up CEO pay? The bag should be labelled Corporate Cash On Hand. But that is not nearly so inflammatory, is it?
keechum almost 13 years ago
This would be funny if it wern’t so sadly true.
Dtroutma almost 13 years ago
Rumsfeld and Prince are working on that , Neo.
T Gabriel Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Not only privatize the military but pay them what they are worth, given the job. In Vietnam Westmoreland was once asked by a reporter after the rank and file had received a wage increase (privates went from $96 a month to $105 a month (a 10% increase!) whether that was a good idea, given the economic troubles of that particular quarter. His response was a question to said reporter, “What would it take for you to walk point in a Marine squad?”
The reporter replied completely straight facedly, “not even for my current salary of $25000 a year.” So now if we privatize the military, how much will we pay a Grunt Rifleman? Radio Operator? Machine Gunner? Corpsman?
Right now they make something like twenty to thirty thousand a year. How man of you dullards out there would walk point in a patrol making twenty thousand a year. What price would privatizing the militry have to settle on to get someone to volunteer to be a Grunt Radio Operator in the fire team at the pointy end of the spear?
My answer is that just like many things the government does and many things no private entity would be willing to do if we left it to private business, we couldn’t afford it. That is why government exists. For the social good.
It is true that many times government could do it better but to claim that business could always do it better is just plain stupid. However, being a fair minded liberal of the far left extreme type I am perfectly willing to let you rock ribbed conservative types have your way. No subsidies whatever for anything at all. No government except for providing mutual defense and ensuring the free flow of goods between states. No government interference at all in the business of the people. I would give you six months and you would be crying like a bunch of little girls.
petergrt almost 13 years ago
Absolutely correct. Capitalism, and especially capitalists, suck!!!They live off the toil of the masses. Power to the proletariat!!! They will get everyone working, particularly the parasitic capitalists!
thirdrailmiche almost 13 years ago
During every economic crisis where companies have had large layoffs, I have wondered how many jobs could be saved if CEOs took a large paycut. Lets face it jobs = buying stuff which supports the economy. I am pretty sure that the top 1% who have the majority of the money will not spend as much as the other 99% who don’t have the luxury of high priced lawyers to bail them out when they don’t pay bills.
According to this guy it has all been deliberate.http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/11/14-1
Nebulous Premium Member almost 13 years ago
@mdavis4183: The economy crashed under Bush. Just because Obama hasn’t yet presided over a full recovery doesn’t mean that the toxins weren’t already in the economy when he took the job.
pirate227 almost 13 years ago
The jobs are in China.
Motivemagus almost 13 years ago
Try reading this about the evolution of the American economy – righties will probably reject this out of hand because Robert Reich worked for Clinton, but his data are interesting are worth examining.http://robertreich.org/post/5993482080
petergrt almost 13 years ago
“The truth of the matter is that federal taxes in the United States are very low. There is no reason to believe that reducing them further will do anything to raise growth or reduce unemployment.”Ergo, raising taxes, particularly on the wealthy, and more specifically on the top 2% will trigger the production of private, wealth producing jobs, and ultimately full employment . . .!!!
Motivemagus almost 13 years ago
^No, read the sentence properly. He’s saying that lowering taxes will not help, and raising them will have a positive impact on deficit reduction, which is essential.