05-22-2015, 01:46 PM
(05-22-2015, 01:28 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Great thread, many good responses, particularly by 'Zona and Benton.
I think that some of you missed the point I was aiming at. Many people want to complain about income inequality, demand that they be paid more money for the lowest forms of employment, yet choose not to make themselves worth more to the job market. It is entirely possible for anyone, even coming from the most dire of circumstances or upbringings to at least elevate themselves to Middle Class. There are all sorts of jobs/professions that pay middle class money, yet do not require a great degree of intelligence or even a 4 year degree. Pretty much anyone can pick a skilled trade, begin as a laborer and rise in rank over time. Pretty much anyone that managed to graduate High School is intelligent enough to complete an Associate's Degree program at a Community College. Heck, if you're broke, you can even go for free in most cases.
America is still the land of opportunity, where anyone that is willing to put in the effort, can achieve success and earn a comfortable existence.
This just is not true. There are not enough well paying jobs for everyone to have one. That is a fact i have pointed out to you before, yet you refuse to admit it. Instead you just repeat the lie that if everyone just worked harder then everyone would be middle class or above. And that is a lie. There are people right now working two jobs to try and support a family.
In a capitalist system you are going to have winners and losers. Everybody can't be a winner. The question is what do we do that is best for the society as a whole. People that already have money are able to manipulate the system and make more money. That is why the government has had to create minimum wage laws and also make laws against monopolies, price fixing, child labor, etc. etc.
Anyone with any knowledge of economic principles knows that the poor are not just poor because they are lazy. That is just the rhetoric that is being fed to the masses by the wealthy elite who want to continue to suck all the money from the middle and lower classes.
Capitalism is the best economic policy, but it needs to be regulated to keep the people at the top from using their power to take everything.
