Originally Posted by
HermannGraf
Thank you for taking the time to correct those numbers and the attempt from that person to make it sound like big business is fair.
The "me" mentality and the greed is what has this country in ruins.
We do not need people defending "big business" or greed
We need people defending the weak, the poor and the abused
Enough with paying starving wages in the name of free business and other bs.
Enough with more and more profit no matter what the cost for the ones at the bottom.
Enough with more and more pay to management and less and less to the employees.
Winner winner, chicken dinner.
The idea that "it's just business" is not a valid excuse for a complete lack of moral compass.
The free market system does not relieve you of your responsibility as a human being.
Originally Posted by
Paid2fly
The "real problem" is that the "lack of economic growth" stems from the lack of decent well paid jobs. The upper 10% have managed to continue increasing their piece of the pie, by cutting or freezing pay and benefits for the other 90%. This stagnation/shrinkage of income for those not in the top tier has resulted in slower growth as many struggle just to make ends meet. Thereby causing the feds attempt to artificially stimulate the economy with "cheap money", and allowing people with no extra cash to go further into debt to allow them to make purchases, in the hope this cause economic growth(and not just runaway inflation down the road).
100% true.
If you want to stimulate the economy, you have to actually work to change the average person's financial well-being. A handful of wealthy people can't stimulate the entire economy. A rising tide lifts all ships, but you can't afford a raft, all you do is drown.