ironic how a thread about a corporate conspiracy to hold down the poor has evolved into a debate about the merits of hard work.
i think that people need a break to make it to the big leagues of any business. However, a hard working person with an innovative mind & a can-do spirit will inevitably make their own break, as people who can give them that break will want a piece of the action.
its easy for self made people to say that this is the answer to success. Certainly they want to ensure the tax rates do not dismantle this incubator of wealth. But fact is, majority of people dont have either the brains or the work ethic to make that break.
So it is incumbant on the countries leaders, capitalists, politicians, that they have a strain of nationalism in them. that they make their jobs in the USA to help the labor pool, & in turn, help the country. Its challenging for this to happen when consumers don't care for "made in the USA" & our pols take big checks to keep free trade going.
todays "shareholder value" ethos & the general greed rampant at the top 1% is the primary problem that pervades both our corporate & our government systems. The top 1% seem to be looking out only for themselves, & the result is today's 2 tier economy.
