Monday, September 19, 2016

Organizing America's Poor To Govern America

HERE ARE TWO IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES between Donald J.Trump and Hillary R. Clinton. Hillary wants to raise minimum wage, and tax the wealthy, or so she says, and Donald does not. That's a big difference. Whether or not Hillary is sincere, and one never knows, overwhelmingly, its what America wants, because, overwhelmingly, America is poor. To redistribute the wealth by taxing the wealthy and raising minimum wage is, without question, advantageous for the poor, who don't seem concerned enough about it to actually do anything to achieve it, like organize. The poor are either at work, or home from work, exhausted, ready for escape entertainment rather than political activism. Considering how many poor people there are in America, and by how much they outnumber wealthy people, it seems amazing that the federal minimum wage and tax rate on the wealthy are both so very low. Demonstrably, ridiculously low. The claim that America has the highest corporate tax rate in the world is offset by the fact that there are more loopholes for corporate taxes in America than anywhere else, and most American corporations end up paying very low taxes or no taxes at all. In America, we the less than wealthy masses subsidize the wealthy, in what is known as "corporate welfare." Conservatives argue against progressive economics, of course. There simply are not enough wealthy people to tax, they say. We say, fine, we'll do the best we can, and we'll get tax revenue from the wealthy, even if it isn't as much as we might want. Raising minimum wage kills jobs, they say. We say fine, we'll take our chances. All jobs should pay a living wage, whether jobs are abundant or scarce. If jobs paid nothing, anybody could get a job. If the poor people wanted to, they could govern America. We already missed one golden opportunity by not electing Bernie Sanders. But we'll have other chances, if we choose to embrace them, by organizing.......THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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