The thing is jobs, stupid. Tax, and tax, and tax the jobs, and they go away to other states or countries where they WANT the jobs. Punish, and punish and punish the rich, and they stop spending money on things that they could be buying...from you or your employers. Drive Union wages up, and up, and up...and they find someplace where they can make things cheaper.
This bottomless recession was made by a Democratic Congress that decided that EVERYBODY deserved to have a house, because it is UNFAIR that some people can't afford them. And when you hand out loans like throwing candy to people that really have no business borrowing money (on the idea that the property will ALWAYS be worth more, anyway) you artificially inflate the real estate market. It's called "buying on margin", and it worked so well in the stock market last time round, didn't it? Yep, what put us in this pot was touchy-feely politics that made your Democratic Reps FEEL GOOD about "helping" people...and the fake sales it generated convinced otherwise sensible bankers to make STUPID loans for the commissions, because hey, if it all goes BUST Uncle Sugar will pick up the tab. And when it all fell apart, the crazy "stimulus" bill (again, brought to you by the Democrats) was chock full of every damn fool giveaway they couldn't get passed in the past fifty years, because hey, "it's going to keep unemployment under 8%! Promise!")
Jeez...Leftists.
Like Churchill said: "If you are under twenty and are not a Liberal, you have no heart. If you are over twenty and are not a Conservative, you have no brain."
Punish, and punish and punish the rich, and they stop spending money on things that they could be buying......and stop investing in job-creating enterprises.
I work in NYC, in an office infested with leftists (though there are a few of us closet conservatives) and it's always Hate The Rich, Hate The Rich, Hate The Rich, all the live-long day. The funny part is, our company is privately owned, the owners are "rich" and if they weren't (and if they stop being so) then we will all be out of a job.
I don't say anything because we are busy and I have a lot of work to do and the work is interesting but I can't help thinking, "do you want to work for somebody POOR, you stupid f*ing schmuck!!!!"
Check this Kos Komment out:
“when I first was looked at for disability I had to take the MMPI twice. It said I had a Pollyannish view of life. The psychiatrists ruled I had a physiological/real organic illness.”
DUH.............