Democrats Want Change

[samhain]

(07-17-2017, 05:29 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: He got lucky?  He started out living in a tiny house with my mom and just slowly kept his head down, worked hard, did what was asked, and built himself up over forty-plus years.  

That's where I'm bothered by the link that was posted and what I stated earlier in that this is the land of OPPORTUNITY, not the land where everything is just handed to you.

I was unlucky but I've still worked my ass off to make something of my life, against all odds.  My father was not lucky, but rather persistent in working for what he wanted and never letting up, and he made that happen.  Some may not be able to reach the same level as he has, but there is nothing holding people back from working their asses off and at least making it to the middle class.
Democrats worked on my case.  I was not opposed to having the best lawyers work on my case, regardless of political belief, which is another area that I think the Democrats are flawed in, in that they think any idea put forth by Republicans is greedy and just trying to step on the little guy, whereas Republicans want to strengthen the entire economy and nation in every class.

I read the link that was provided and it just strengthened my opinion, and that's that Democrats just blame Republicans for the problems of the nation and think that they're all just money-hungry rich pricks that are holding them down from getting ahead in life.

They want to close the wealth-gap in the country and strengthen the middle class, but you don't do that by just taxing the wealthy and giving it to the poor/lower class.  The wealthy are the ones that hire people and start new businesses and create jobs, so you give them incentives to do that and then the people who aren't as fortunate learn the trade or job, or even go to trade school or college, and it builds the middle class.

Too many times you hear Democrats, either poor people the news picks off the street or even politicians, just assuming that they should get their fair share without having to work for it.

Actually, I am currently a public "speaker" about my life and everything that happened because that's my passion.  At some point, I will need another job because I won't be able to have the same impact when I get a bit older, but I am on SSI because I need that to have enough money to survive.  My issue is people that use SSI just as a handout and don't use it to try and better their lives.

Trickle down is a load of shit and you still believe it.  That's why the income gap grows.  Companies don't magically pay people more because they make more money.  These days they turn around and re-invest it in their own stock to inflate it's value.  They will cut pay and benefits whether the tide is high or low, because it adds to their bottom line and because cheap labor overseas makes it easy to undercut the American worker.

There was a time when it was believed that a better paid workforce spent more money and helped bolster the overall economy.  Now that's out the window.  Globalization has done away with it.  Credit plays a role, too.  People borrow to buy things they can't afford, perpetuating the cycle of inflated prices.

AI will add to this.  Companies that still employ in the manufacturing sector are investing hundreds of millions in it.  They aren't doing it to make robots that help old ladies cross the street.  They do it so they don't have to hire/pay anyone.  When this sets in, this nation will either become (eventually) a full-fledged welfare state (not the imaginary one that repubs think we are now, but an actual one), or a facist autocratic heaven. Either way, the political parties will continue to drift in extreme directions and political violence will become commonplace.  The only means of survival will be government-funded subsistence.  People willing to work won't, because there will be no work for them.  We will do drugs, get gubment checks, murder and beat the shit out of each other, and die fat and useless.  All because of the good ole rich who you love so much, dying to get more regardless of the consequences to society.