• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!
  • Welcome to our archives. No new posts are allowed here.

obama ad, building from the bottom up

disneydude said:
This is the inherent lie and flaw of the whole "Trickle down" economics scam. First of all, most of the wealthy are not wealthy because they work "productive jobs". If you look at the top 1% which control most of the wealth of this country, very very very few achieved their wealth by working for it....but be that as it may....the real fallacy is that their wealth contributes to the economy as a whole. It doesn't. Most of the wealth is hoarded and not reinvested and when it IS reinvested, it is reinvested overseas to take advantage of slave labor markets as opposed to paying an American a living wage, so as a result it takes money out of the economy and hurts the economy.
Click to expand...

That's true of those who inherited their wealth, most of whom donate to the Dems, but it is not true in general. In the real world there is far more income mobility than you are willing to recognize, and most of the wealthy people in this country have earned their wealth by creating it (along with a whole lot of jobs).

Your post seems to be working off the world view of Karl Marx looking at 19th century Europe.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom