On making more equal the distribution of wealth in America.....?

Question

How appealing would you find a candidate for Congress or Senate if his primary goal was socio-economic justice - to make the distribution of wealth more equal in America. And please note: the means to be used would not be governmental redistribution to either the poor or to the rich, but rather a re-writing of trade deals and economic laws and a leveling of the income tax. Also, no inheritance tax would be applicable. Would you be interested in hearing the rest of his platform?

Note that I mentioned seeking to make the distribution of wealth "more" equal - not equal. That is utopian and Marxist. I am a true capitalist at heart.

Answer 1

I am not sure how that would be done. I wold be willing to listen but whenever I hear the phrase "equal distribution of wealth" alarms start going off in my head sounds too much like Marxism.

Answer 2

the in common words element incorrect with your equation is that the idiots that are making so low do not opt to do the time and exertions to get the position the wealthy were given to. I serve in the U.S. militia. i'm an E-6 and shall we are saying I make $3000 to $4000 a month. Then we redistribute reason the hot soldier an E1-E3 is in common words making $1200 - $2000 a month. yet that new soldier has not put in the time I genuinely have nor does he have each of the extra skills, bounce, Halo, Language, or others that I genuinely have. So why ought to he make as a lot as me even as he hasn't put in the time or the exertions yet. people's delight and shortage of expertise is why they stay the position they are. Why ought to a extreme college graduate or GED individual make as a lot as a guy with a school degree? starting up off. If the highschool graduate has extra palms on journey i'm in touch with paying him as a lot because the hot guy with the degree or extra. the guy with the most journey and extra valuable artwork conduct ought to make extra not the lazy bum be it the highschool guy or college grad. the issue is that you've extra people being stupid and lazy on the authorities TIT called welfare than genuinely contributing to the equipment and then complaining reason they don't have each of the relaxing issues those with good jobs have

Answer 3

We must redistribute the wealth in America and in the world. However, this must be done voluntarily by each individual, community, or business, not forced upon us by the government or a world body. If somebody is proposing to get rid of all welfare (private or corporate) at the federal level, I would definitely be interested in hearing more.

I usually don't bring religion into these discussions, but in such a case as this I feel it is appropriate. I don't remember the exact verse so forgive my paraphrasing. When asked what to do about the needy Jesus said YOU must help them. He didn't say to pass a law to force someone with more money than you to help them. He said to take the shirt of your own back and fulfill your duty to help your fellow man yourself.

Answer 4

Here are two well known stories:

The Little Red Hen
The Ant and the Grasshopper

Do a search on Little Red Hen Story
And another on Ant Grasshopper Fable

Read them. Then tell me that you side with the Grasshopper and the Pig.

Personally, I think that the Hen and the Ant should be considered the noblist of animals.

Answer 5

I'd be very interested in hearing the rest. I believe we need more of a socialist society. Capitalism is great, but not if it means the distrubition is lopsided, especially if we have tax laws benefitting the rich.

Answer 6

Sounds good....if you aren't all that wealthy. No matter how you word it, the rich will oppose it. I am all for leveling it somewhat, but the truth is that a janitor will never and SHOULD never make as much money as a doctor. If they did, what;s the incentive to going to school for 8 years and puttig yourself through all that stress?

Answer 7

How's this for a platform? Would it work for you?
1st90 days by ExOrder
Establish Earth Rights for all of America like in Alaska
End income taxes;fund the Gov the right way, not on our backs
End tax paper work for citizens, not business
Balance the budget, officials are not paid till it’s done
Regular people for elected officials, no lawyers or rich
End lobbyists, take the money out of politics
Make graft illegal, mandatory jail time
Close the DOE, save the money
Take the Gov out of the schools, PTA run save money
Set Iraq’s oil to pay for the war, make an exit plan with the military
Prisoners work for jail costs, not us, save the money
Make foreign tax cheats pay, tariff goods @retail every container
Register illegals, get them on the tax roles not us
Private SS accounts, makes us millionaires, no gov access to money
After90 days by ExOrder
Build renewable power, make millions of high wage jobs
End Nuclear power
Build electric powered roads, make millions more jobs
Thousands of jobs building electric cars&trucks
End dependence on foreign oil
Clean the polluted water with clean electric power
Return America to 50% of world’s economy

Alaska pays and doen't tax their residents


The Alaska state constitution claims common heritage rights of ownership of oil and other minerals for the people of the state as a whole. Citizen dividend checks are distributed every year in Alaska out of the interest payments to an oil royalties deposit account called the Alaska Permanent Fund (APF) created in 1976 after oil was discovered on the North Slope. The APF is a public trust fund - a diversified stock, bond and real estate portfolio - into which are deposited the oil royalties received from the corporations which extract the oil from the lands of Alaska. The first citizen dividend check from the interest of the APF was issued in 1982 and was for $1000 per every person for everyone in Alaska who had resided in the state for at least one year. Annual citizen dividends have been issued every year since then, for a total of more than $23,000 per person.

In 2003, each of the nearly 600,000 Alaska US citizens (residents of Alaska for at least one year) received a check for $1,107 from the APF. The total amount dispersed was $663.2 million. The $25 billion investment fund's core experienced stock market losses which led to the dividend's decline this past year compared to the several previous years. The amount was $433 less, a 28 percent drop from the 2002 pay out of $1,540, and a 44 percent decrease from the all-time high of $1,964 in year 2000. The amount changes based on a five-year average of APF investment income derived from the bonds, stock dividends, real estate and other investments.

Alaska relies on oil for about 80 percent of its revenue and has no sales or income tax. Alaska state government is mandated to invest 25% of its oil revenue into the APF while the other 75% of oil royalty revenue is dispersed to other government funds to finance education, infrastructure and social services. If 100% of Alaska's oil royalties had been deposited into the APF, it is conceivable that the CD this year could have been about $4,400 or $17,600 for a family of four. But then there would have been no funds for roads, education and other public services and no funds available to run the state legislature - a libertarian dream fulfillment or a social and economic disaster, which one we will never know. If state services were to have been maintained while 100% of oil royalties were deposited in the APF, there would of course have been the need for income, sales and other taxes on wages and production.

Kuwait had similar system but due to the Gulf War expence has gone to this.

Hoover Institution
Kuwait:
Democracy, Kuwait Style
Peter Berkowitz
It’s not that the woman question was the only issue faced by voters. From the owner and editor in chief of Kuwait’s largest newspaper, to the chief executive officer of Kuwait Petroleum Company, to the former Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States, our interlocutors argued that the Kuwaiti economy is stagnating and that the remedy is privatization. This is a difficult proposition, however, in a country where 90 to 95 percent of the labor force is employed by the government, which generally pays more than the private sector. And designing institutions to create the right incentives will be difficult in a country whose oil wealth supports a massive welfare state with no taxes that generously funds its citizens’ health, education, and housing needs.

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Answer 8

I think he needs to move to socialist Europe where their economy is in the toilet. But, stupid, socialist democrats never learn nor do they observe.

Laziness (mentally and/or physically) should never be rewarded.

Answer 9

you must first have a labor strike in america a revolution in wich nothing gets done and no bills get paid .then we can negotiate

Answer 10

No, because he'll just use fancy language saying that he's going to steal my money.