tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2979360248102380780.post6754796759532695522..comments2023-11-24T02:24:30.208-06:00Comments on Brewtown Gumshoe: It's Time For MisdirectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2979360248102380780.post-43885133023562389502010-11-27T19:16:10.791-06:002010-11-27T19:16:10.791-06:00Are we stuck on a gerbil wheel of history, repeati...Are we stuck on a gerbil wheel of history, repeating the same things over and over? I think so. On "entitlements," which largely means "human needs funding" in political-speak, most has been either eliminated or cut to the bone. Spending on general public needs, from highways to schools, has been cut to the bone. How much have your taxes shrunk as a result? What needs to be ended is the massive, annual tax cuts for the rich/corporations. For 30 years, we've doled out these tax cuts ("we pay so the rich don't have to") on the theory that this was going to result in the mass creation of those "good, family-supporting jobs." It didn't happen. We now have a fraction of the jobs, at dramatically reduced wages. The lion's share of corp tax cuts went into covering the costs of exorbitant CEO salaries and of moving our jobs to foreign countries. Since tax cuts resulted in fewer jobs, it makes sense to reverse those policies, restoring fair tax rates. If the rich feel overly-burdened, they (unlike most of us) can simply pack up and move.Ghostly Wisconsinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12408155202993237809noreply@blogger.com