 Socratoad says: "trickle-down economics has been unable to eliminate poverty, they say, and "should be replaced with programs that redistribute income directly." My choice would be for a guaranteed annual income. In addition, they say consumption should be focused less on acquiring private goods, and more on improving public life – with expenditures aimed at services, restoring and enhancing the environment, and refurbishing and expanding infrastructure. Theirs is a prescription for low, possibly even no growth, but also for a comfortable standard of living.' We have been very spoilt over the last 50 years when you compare life with that before WW2. I cannot even begin to start with the economics of the US but I WILL speak of one thing that stays in the forefront of my mind. My mother is a very educated and career oriented woman. She worked her @$$ off to support me and my sister. [She and Daddy divorced when we were 5 & 4. She remarried.] But between then and my adulthood there were times it was just "us girls" and she did whatever it took...She took multiple jobs, went back to school... She recently retired from a large real estate development firm with her last prestigious title, "Chief Financial Officer." The woman is now a security officer for kicks. I don't know if she taught me this or if I was born with it. But I have never d... |
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