'If one man has a dollar he didn't work for, some other man worked for a dollar he didn't get.' Now ask yourself: where do you believe the vast majority of the "dollars not worked for" went. Who has most of these Dollars?
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The quote in the intro is from Bill Haywood, member of the Socialist Party of America; just one century ago socialism was rather popular in the U.S. How times have changed... The quote originating with a socialist might have hinted at the right answer to the question posed: almost all these unearned dollars went to the billionaire owner class. It's sad, and testament to the degree to which people are indoctrinated by capitalist propaganda that so many conversely believe that it's the poor who get "free welfare", it's the poor that are pulling us down, keeping us poor too. This irrational opinion is obviously wrong. Wealth and poverty are not result of mere chance, merit, hard work or extreme talent, or lack thereof; they live together in a causal relationship, there are some rich people BECAUSE there are a lot of poor people. And exploiting the labor of the poor is a game that's been perfected over the last 10,000 years of our existence as a species.
Bernie Sanders has tweeted this text that got billionaires crying like the spoiled brats they are. He has made clear that, if he becomes the next president of the United States of America, he will tax the rich significantly more than they are now. He will reverse the endless string of tax-brakes these plutocrats bought themselves over the past neoliberal decades that were characterized by deregulation and tax-cuts for the rich. Bernie tweeted on September 24th: "Billionaires should not exist." Now I know this might be met with a lot of resistance, even by everyday people who'll never become a billionaire themselves, which is again testament to the success of capitalist propaganda. Even the billionaires themselves really believe they're doing society a favor by "creating" jobs. Think about that for a minute; do you believe jobs are "created"? Do you believe billionaires make jobs so Joe Schmoe can be allowed to make a living? Or is the billionaire simply part of the market, shopping for some low priced quality labor to buy and make a profit from? They don't create jobs, they buy labor for as little money as possible. The machines these laborers are going to use for their work, are made by labor too. The billionaire creates nothing, he or she initiates only.
When told that taxation of wealth over 50 million dollar will be increased 2%, these crybabies completely lose it. And when told that over 1 billion dollar we're talking about a whopping 3%, they literally melt down. Watch them in the video linked below; in my opinion these men set new standards for pettiness. Understand that they act like victims here, after pocketing almost all economic growth for the past 5 decades for themselves and shared NOTHING of it with the workers who created all that wealth, understand that they'll still be INSANELY rich, will still have more money that they know what to do with... It would be hilarious if it weren't so serious a problem.
Billionaire CEOs Whine on Fox News About Bernie Sanders' Wealth Tax
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