Is income inequality the greatest problem facing America? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-triumph-of-the-right_b

AnnMarie Loc: Madison, Wi

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-triumph-of-the-right_b_4144486.html

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

Income inequality is but a part of the story - consumption inequality is the real story and it isn't anywhere near what leftist would have you believe.

Further, income inequality is made worse by leftist control of public education that puts out millions of people unable to perform at the most basic levels of the economy. Then, these people are put in the situation that they compete for the few jobs they might aspire to with equally uneducated immigrants imported by the millions.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

I don't know what a leftist I but I do know that right down the middle is always the wisest course

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

lpnmajor wrote:

I don't know what a leftist I but I do know that right down the middle is always the wisest course

...and I don't know what "right down the middle" means

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

Look at the left then the right then take both ideas and merge them

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

lpnmajor wrote:

Look at the left then the right then take both ideas and merge them

So we raise minimum wage while eliminating it, we raise taxes while reducing them, we eliminate federal agencies while growing them - I see, it's all very clear now.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

Dave wrote:

So we raise minimum wage while eliminating it, we raise taxes while reducing them, we eliminate federal agencies while growing them - I see, it's all very clear now.

I said MERGE them, not do both. That would be silly - like you pointed out.

bluejacket

Dave wrote:

Income inequality is but a part of the story - consumption inequality is the real story and it isn't anywhere near what leftist would have you believe.

Further, income inequality is made worse by leftist control of public education that puts out millions of people unable to perform at the most basic levels of the economy. Then, these people are put in the situation that they compete for the few jobs they might aspire to with equally uneducated immigrants imported by the millions.

please explain how =you can have consumption inequality without first having income inequality

vernon

AnnMarie wrote:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-triumph-of-the-right_b_4144486.html

she goes to the huffington puffington post to site a colum written by an american communist .that is why this country is so screwed up just look at the fiasco that is obama care.

bluejacket

vernon wrote:

she goes to the huffington puffington post to site a colum written by an american communist .that is why this country is so screwed up just look at the fiasco that is obama care.

your rhetoric shows your lack of concern for the truth , Robert Riech is not a communist , yes he is left of the president but the president is a left of center technocrat , and Obama care glitches will be cleared up and then you can spew your distorted rhetoric about the next big issue

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

lpnmajor wrote:

I said MERGE them, not do both. That would be silly - like you pointed out.

OK, now tell me how you MERGE. I know the meaning of the word, show me specific actions that MERGE these different ideologies.

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

bluejacket wrote:

please explain how =you can have consumption inequality without first having income inequality

Wow, you make things easy - when income is discussed it never includes transfer payments from taxpayers to government beneficiaries. In other words, wealth redistribution.

A person earning 100k does not get to consume 100k. A very significant portion of that income goes to the government.

A person earning 0 does not consume 0.

Hope that helps

Dave Loc: Upstate New York

bluejacket wrote:

your rhetoric shows your lack of concern for the truth , Robert Riech is not a communist , yes he is left of the president but the president is a left of center technocrat , and Obama care glitches will be cleared up and then you can spew your distorted rhetoric about the next big issue

Nice to see you have faith that glitches will be cleared up - problem is you assume glitches are all web based.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

Dave wrote:

OK, now tell me how you MERGE. I know the meaning of the word, show me specific actions that MERGE these different ideologies.

raise minimum wage, that increases tax revenue. Lower tax for small business. Merge federal agencies, for instance - FBI, CIA, NSA into homeland security.

vernon

bluejacket wrote:

please explain how =you can have consumption inequality without first having income inequality

you pay people what they are worth.if they cant read or write they get less then a person that has the PROVEN ability to do the task