This is Why The Middle Class Can't Get Ahead

[SassySue]

Hanauer’s a billionaire who made his fortune as one of the original investors in Amazon. The current rules are written to benefit wealthy capitalists like him, he admits. So, you might ask, why does Hanauer care about overtime pay for people who make less, much less, than he does?

And he wrote this article about why the middle class cannot get ahead in today's economy:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-s...ant-get-ahead/

We capitalists will tell you that our increasing profits are the result of some complex economic force with the immutability and righteousness of divine law. But the truth is, it is simply a result of a difference in negotiating power. As in, we have it. And you don’t.

Still think our system works for the average working American today?

[CuteOldGuy]

No, it doesn't, thanks to Democrats and Republicans who make it possible for the government to pick winners rather than the market.

[JD Barleycorn]

Because second rate providers are over charging for their pussy. That's way we can't get ahead.

[i'va biggen]

Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

Because second rate providers are over charging for their pussy. That's way we can't get ahead.

But judy aren't you always cruising the stroll looking for cut rate pussy?

[TheDaliLama]

Our system isn't perfect by no means. There are lots of inequities that need to be addressed for sure.

BUT.......our system has lifted more people out of poverty that anything else that's out there.

[SassySue]

Originally Posted by TheDaliLama

Our system isn't perfect by no means. There are lots of inequities that need to be addressed for sure.

BUT.......our system has lifted more people out of poverty that anything else that's out there.

Some billionaires might squirm in their seats when the subject of rising inequality comes up. Not Bill Gates, who, in this interview last year with Carlos Watson, talks capital and labor — and whether capitalism tends inexorably toward inequality.


90 second video with Bill Gates and short article:

http://www.ozy.com/pov/90-seconds-wi...equality/39613

Words like “inequality” and “economic fairness” have at last found a place at the table of mainstream American political discourse.

http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/econ...s-at-last/4465

[WTF]

[The_Waco_Kid]

Originally Posted by WTF

Originally Posted by Wakeup

Stop...

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[WTF]

Originally Posted by WTF

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[dilbert firestorm]

looks like the OP of this thread was banned. hmm... must be WTF's fault.

[rexdutchman]

Well because somebody has to PAY ,,,, Rich will not, poor will not ,sooooooooooooooo