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  • dogtag
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 14985

    #1

    Dust off the Tumbrels and grease the wheels ...

    as we may need them. I talked about the growing gap
    between the wealthy and the peasants about a year ago,
    and since then it's become far worse. Millions of Americans
    are out of work, savings depleted, relying on food banks to
    feed their family while such as Bezos and Gates have seen
    their billions increase to stupefying size. Biden's ill-advised
    attempts at economics will exacerbate the problem, plus
    his extremely unwise immigration policies will drive people
    over the edge when they see their jobs stolen by illegals.
    There's a limit to what the most tolerant of people will
    endure before their frustration bubbles over. It could get
    very nasty very quickly especially as the peasants have been
    arming themselves at a fast rate. It must mean something
    and cake has become too expensive.
  • Roadkingtrax
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2010
    • 7835

    #2
    Originally posted by dogtag
    as we may need them. I talked about the growing gap
    between the wealthy and the peasants about a year ago,
    and since then it's become far worse. Millions of Americans
    are out of work, savings depleted, relying on food banks to
    feed their family while such as Bezos and Gates have seen
    their billions increase to stupefying size. Biden's ill-advised
    attempts at economics will exacerbate the problem, plus
    his extremely unwise immigration policies will drive people
    over the edge when they see their jobs stolen by illegals.
    There's a limit to what the most tolerant of people will
    endure before their frustration bubbles over. It could get
    very nasty very quickly especially as the peasants have been
    arming themselves at a fast rate. It must mean something
    and cake has become too expensive.
    The only gap I see is in the formatting of the message.
    Last edited by Roadkingtrax; 01-25-2021, 05:03.
    "The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman

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    • togor
      Banned
      • Nov 2009
      • 17610

      #3
      DT is an economic populist. Who knew?

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      • Mark in Ottawa
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2009
        • 1744

        #4
        I have always maintained that the income gap is a red herring and one that is based on envy, not economics. It really doesn't matter if Bezos makes another billion. What matters is not so much shrinking the gap but rather raising the real income of the lower and middle class so that they can live a better life. My sense is that the drop in real income has been somewhat correlated with the de-industrialization of the West and the transfer of jobs to China and other low wage countries. Certainly we have all benefited by being able to buy dress shirts for less money now, than we paid 20 years ago, but that isn't useful if you don't need a dress shirt because your white collar job has been moved to India and your brother's blue collar job is now in Hunan. I am of the view that Western governments have to do a real selling job and make people understand that if we want to regain our middle class, we have to re-industrialize even if we pay more for products made at home. It is a strategic necessity.

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        • Vern Humphrey
          Administrator - OFC
          • Aug 2009
          • 15875

          #5
          Originally posted by Mark in Ottawa
          I have always maintained that the income gap is a red herring and one that is based on envy, not economics. It really doesn't matter if Bezos makes another billion. What matters is not so much shrinking the gap but rather raising the real income of the lower and middle class so that they can live a better life.
          Exactly right. There are two programs to raise the real income of the lower and middle classes -- education and jobs. Unfortunately, our educational system is broken, and we have created a social welfare system that rewards people for not working.

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          • dogtag
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2009
            • 14985

            #6
            None of that is likely to happen with Biden destroying jobs with every stroke of his pen.
            Every day thousands more find their job has vanished.
            Being Pollyannish isn't going to help.

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            • Vern Humphrey
              Administrator - OFC
              • Aug 2009
              • 15875

              #7
              Originally posted by dogtag
              None of that is likely to happen with Biden destroying jobs with every stroke of his pen.
              Every day thousands more find their job has vanished.
              Being Pollyannish isn't going to help.
              But think about how good the liberals can feel about putting all those evil workers out of their jobs.

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              • dogtag
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2009
                • 14985

                #8
                I think obama is the man behind the throne.
                Trump destroyed his legacy so he's going to destroy Trump's
                No matter the cost which will be huge and Biden will get blamed.

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                • Roadkingtrax
                  Senior Member
                  • Feb 2010
                  • 7835

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Vern Humphrey
                  But think about how good the liberals can feel about putting all those evil workers out of their jobs.
                  You mean Trump Store owners? I mean they didn't need to close...but the campaign stopped paying them.
                  "The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman

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