There's your problem right there. These people weren't the normal, middle-class workers she portrays them to be. They were government employees who operated in a world where their compensation had no relationship to productivity, competition, accountability, or anything else that drives a functioning economy.
One of the reasons this country is bankrupt today is that current taxpayers are still paying enormous sums of money to support this woman's parents even long after they've stopped collecting paychecks.
“There’s your problem right there. These people weren’t the normal, middle-class workers she portrays them to be. They were government employees who operated in a world where their compensation had no relationship to productivity, competition, accountability, or anything else that drives a functioning economy.”
‘One of the reasons this country is bankrupt today is that current taxpayers are still paying enormous sums of money to support this woman’s parents even long after they’ve stopped collecting paychecks.’
#48 posted on 10/4/2023, 7:37:23 AM by Alberta’s Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
An excellent reality summary.