Originally Posted by
Atypical
The pinch is Obama picking my pocket to redistribute the wealth lol.
The redistribution has been exclusively from the middle up.
(eg,. In 2005, 21.2 percent of U.S. national income accrued to just 1 percent of earners. Contrast 1968, when the CEO of General Motors took home, in pay and benefits, about sixty-six times the amount paid to a typical GM worker. Today the CEO of Wal-Mart earns nine hundred times the wages of his average employee. Indeed, the wealth of the Wal-Mart founder's family in 2005 was estimated at about the same ($90 billion) as that of the bottom 40 percent of the U.S. population: 120 million people).
I really had hope for bipartisan leadership, but with reduced checks and balances in congress he's simply ram - rodding his agenda through, and that's pissing off / galvanizing a lot of people - me too (card carrying non party affiliate).
Please explain how he has ignored "bipartisanship". The healthcare industry modification took a year. Know why?
Let's take health care for example. Problem: 30,000,000 American are uninsured. Problem: the economy needs stimulus. Problem: no jobs. OK, how about this as a solution - have the government "spend" on building 100 new federal health centers stategically located in areas that need them most. At least he'd be spending on useful assets that support his agenda. These health centers would need to be filled with MRI's, beds, labs, lights, X ray machines...... People would need to design them, build them and the centers would need to be staffed. I would agree on a tax to pay for that.
How about something simple, inexpensive and that works? Medicare for all. Obama and the republicans were both against that!
Instead, he wants to "punish" the greedy companies for making money (which is the reason for an enterprise).
These companies provide no service - they are middlemen. Would you pay for someone to do something you can do yourself?