OnePercenter
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Hi OP If we cannot even get ELECTED govt that we HIRE and PAY
to run "effectively enough to lower the costs by cutting the waste," what makes you think you can FORCE free businesses to do so?
Are you willing to pay more to businesses so they can pay more to the workers?
Have you ever run a business on this model you propose?
NOTE: the successful businesses I have seen that create jobs for people
DEPEND on the tax writeoffs for business expenses in order to operate.
If they didn't have that, they couldn't grow or would downsize and people would LOSE THEIR JOBS.
Why don't you focus on cutting down on losses for THEFT and GOVERNMENT WASTE that should be paid back to taxpayers by the wrongdoers?
Why expect businesses to pay for all this? why punish people who aren't breaking laws?
WHERE in your model are you charging the people who actually ABUSE or STEAL money and make THEM pay that back to the taxpayers?
-Raise minimum wage to $23.50/hr. Based on where minimum wage should be using 1970-2013 rise in food, shelter, and transportation.
-Eliminate all business subsidies (deductions/write-offs/write-downs) except for employee expenses which are deducted dollar-for-dollar on all city, state, and Federal taxes and fees.
-Adjust Social Security and private/public retirement and pension payments using 1970-2013 price structure.
-Back down ALL costs, prices, fees, to January 1, 2009 levels and hold them for 10 years.
If you are backing down all costs and fees, then why not also the salaries to that same level?
OP have you ever run a business at the 2009 levels while paying salaries to workers at the 23 dollar level?
Even the good meaning founders of Ben and Jerry's tried to pay all workers more evenly from top to bottom, tried to reduce the difference percentage wise between salaries at the different levels, and couldn't operate their company that way. Found out it didn't work.
They physically tried this. Have you?
What I'm suggesting is moving taxes and fee's paid by companies to wages for their employees. What's wrong with that?