While it is true (I suppose) that the top may have money to invest, the really small business owner doesn't, and part of that IS due to regulations, fees and taxes. .About 3 years ago, we were down to 4 people in our company (I';m a roofing contractor) (due in no small part to illegal immigration, but that's a different topic ;)) AQCMD, the City of Los Angeles And Cal OSHA (not to mention tripling of the price of asphalt...oops, just did) the "excess" profit (which paid my salary, and my employees livable wages) vanished. So when one of my employees retired, instead of hiring someone else, we sold our kettle. (altho tbh I was happy, that's really hard work for someone as old as I) At any rate the point is the cost of regulations rarely hurt the really big guys, but the middle and little, which ultimately leads tofewer jobs, or at least fewer decent paying jobs. I realize not all industries are the same, but that's pretty much how construction works in So Cal..
I suppose we don't have to go into what regulations were so cumbersome, while pointing out that it probably wouldn't hurt you if corporations could not pour unlimited funds into our campaigns, or if corporations could not limit women's health coverage, or even if we taxed the top 2% at a higher rate.
a)who knows, seeing as how the state I live in has been ruled by union money for so long, we might get a balance. b)oh please c)Well sure, I've never been in more than the top 55%, but why? they already pay close to 70% of all taxes anyway.... it is not a revenue problem it's a spending problem.
I'm sure that we would not agree on what is essential spending, which is why the true art of politics is compromise. The problem as I see it is that there are too many people, on both sides, who believe none is better than a half a loaf.
While it has become a religious issue, at it's core I'm not sure it is...think about it like this; the only way a corporation should be involved in my health care is to pay for it...
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.About 3 years ago, we were down to 4 people in our company (I';m a roofing contractor) (due in no small part to illegal immigration, but that's a different topic ;)) AQCMD, the City of Los Angeles And Cal OSHA (not to mention tripling of the price of asphalt...oops, just did) the "excess" profit (which paid my salary, and my employees livable wages) vanished. So when one of my employees retired, instead of hiring someone else, we sold our kettle. (altho tbh I was happy, that's really hard work for someone as old as I)
At any rate the point is the cost of regulations rarely hurt the really big guys, but the middle and little, which ultimately leads tofewer jobs, or at least fewer decent paying jobs. I realize not all industries are the same, but that's pretty much how construction works in So Cal..
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a)who knows, seeing as how the state I live in has been ruled by union money for so long, we might get a balance.
b)oh please
c)Well sure, I've never been in more than the top 55%, but why? they already pay close to 70% of all taxes anyway....
it is not a revenue problem it's a spending problem.
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I could agree with that, if it was understood
that the problem is on what we are spending on.
And you might think more of the religion issue if
it was a non-Christian religion that was being hoisted on you.
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The problem as I see it is that there are too many people, on both sides, who believe none is better than a half a loaf.
While it has become a religious issue, at it's core I'm not sure it is...think about it like this; the only way a corporation should be involved in my health care is to pay for it...
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Single-payer would be much better.