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Bernie Sanders economics
Note: this is not a pro-trump or Hillary post. I know Imgur loves him. But, fallacious, infeasible idealism can make any moronic, economically illiterate policy sound great as long as you ignore the essence of supply and demand economics and cause/effect. This man wasn't a revolutionary. He is an economically illiterate kook who waved shiny objects in your faces.
Mas7er
To be fair the tax money companies keep from doing could in turn be fed back into the economy instead of fattening paychecks
bunny808
Please don't get the Bern outs worked up...
Wellhereiamagain
Alright Adam Smith, settle down now. Though, Bernie is wrong.
OneColdGorilla
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yikesaroni
Democrats ultimately made the right choice in Hillary, i'm glad for that. third way centrism is needed when gridlock is all theres left
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
hillary is a centrist?
yikesaroni
yup just like Obama and Bill. center-left to be more accurate
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
TojS
Yeah, the point of the tax was to tax businesses outsourcing all jobs and then selling products to Americans. If they left the country 1/2
TojS
the businesses would be paying taxes anyways to trade. 2/2
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
so then you're in support of tarifs?
SmallButWhole
They leave the country because they already can't afford to subsidize their employees. Forcing them to stay here is a good idea?
TojS
I never said it is a good idea to force a business here. Just to disallow tax loopholes allowing the business to profit exponentially 1/2
TojS
and then using "we're creating jobs for Americans," as their reason for tax breaks. Especially when 2/3rds of business is outsourced. 2/2
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
yes, they should be forced to stay and give raises for as long as it takes to be profitable §
SmallButWhole
And you people call Donald Trump a fascist? "You own ur property. But your property is subject to government's wants. No matter how stupid"
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
[ § = sarcasm ]
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
i'm with fred
Inmate45
It was more like "Stop paying the top guys $20m so you can pay the bottom guys $15/h", but sure, he's the kooky one. Also, he's out anyway.
SmallButWhole
CEOs wouldn't be overtly rich if government didn't kill competition with corporate welfare, bailouts, patents, copyrights, and tax breaks
SmallButWhole
Big pharmaceutical companies are a prime example of government-induced monopolization and cronyism
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
… and finance n energy n insurance n auto industry n medical services n defense … … sigh
SmallButWhole
Yep. Due to over-regulated capitalism killing competition by law.
MoistMyEvilMoistureBuddy
But the top guy earned his $20m
Inmate45
No one needs $20m. When people are starving on the streets, the man getting $20m and claiming he earned it is a abhorrent person.
MoistMyEvilMoistureBuddy
It doesn't matter what people "need". They don't owe other people anything. It sure would be nice of them to donate some of that money to 1/
MoistMyEvilMoistureBuddy
a good cause. But it's their money, and they can do what they want with it. The world doesn't owe anyone anything. If you want something, 2/
MoistMyEvilMoistureBuddy
go work for it. 3/3