07-17-2012, 04:40 PM
swampy wrote:
The middle class isn't shrinking because the rich are getting richer. The middle class is shrinking BECAUSE THERE ARE NO JOBS!
It's not the job of a rich man to worry about MY welfare. Why do you liberals feel compelled to control eveybody's dollar? I'm glad the rich man is rich. It is the American dream. Everybody would like to be rich, but that is not reality, Pam. That rich CEO signs the front of the check. You, me, the government signs the back of it. Everybody needs the rich, yet you would kill the geese that are laying golden eggs. How stupid.
Yes, there is fraud and corruption on Wall Street, big corporations and government, but who allows it to exist? The System (Congress, the SecEt al) who are supposed to be the over seers, don't hold the crooks accountable.
Bailouts should never happen, banks, wall street, GM, Solyndra. I truly believe that we would be well on the way to economic recovery if the powers that be had just stayed out of the crisis. Yes, there would be a lot of hurting going on, but like an addict, it has to hit rock bottom before it can get better. This administration keeps propping up failure and prolonging the agony. Americans are strong. We have proven that time and time again. The best have always stepped forward and worked to make things better.
You want warm and fuzzy. I'm calling for some hard love.
The rich are getting richer and yes, jobs are a problem. And I agree it's not the job of the wealthy to worry about my well being. However your second and third paragraphs are exactly why the rich got richer and why there is a loss of jobs. No, I don't want the rich to open their pocketbooks and give handouts. I do want the playing field leveled. When you hear "share" that is what people are talking about.
You do realize you are proposing regulation which is what Republicans have been stridently against. Those entities which should be facing criminal charges are the very entities that the GOP protect.