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- Dec 12, 2009
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And there is the jist of it. In order to change we are going to have to accept that the standard of living is going to decrease. Simple as that and there is nothing we can do to avoid that. Unfortunately, Americans have become pampered whiners and do not want to accept that fate.Our "prosperity", our "standard of living", has been an illusion.
Or we can just demand an equal and reasonable division of wealth.
The thing is, there is plenty of wealth to provide a good standard of living for everyone. It's just that 1% owns about half of it.
And that's the problem. Right Wingers have made it easier for the 1% to take more, and they've created the exact kind of government dependence they decry.
Yup, and with that 'equal division' that is reached through better wages or confiscatory tax systems the price of all things increases and your standard of living decreases.
You can't get out of it by redistributing wealth, raising wages, taxing or any other way. The idea that I should move out at 18 and have a furnished flat, new car, good paying job and a million other things is asinine and yet how people operate these days. All through magical credit and it has destroyed our perception of a true standard of living.