Let me try to pose a few questions that you may not have ever contemplated. I dare you to, if not answer them, at least try to think at length about them:
What is the economic value that the wealthy get from publicly funded infrastructure (roads, bridges, canals, dredging, airports, docks, railway right-of-ways, natural resource land claims, stadiums, schools, court systems, security forces, protective zoning laws, military forces, intellectual property protections, etc.)?
What is the economic value that the wealthy get from publicly funded bail outs, corporate tax breaks, subsidies, insulation from certain types of economic market forces (just to name a few)?
I doubt most supporters of the Republican tax plan have even contemplated the benefits the wealthy reap from their politicians. (I support some of the Republican’s tax reform goals.)
Answer this: Do the wealthy actually pay for those benefits? Or, because of their positions in the cradles of power, are they able to pass on those costs to the middle class?
Loren M. Lambert © December 20, 2017
What is the economic value that the wealthy get from publicly funded infrastructure (roads, bridges, canals, dredging, airports, docks, railway right-of-ways, natural resource land claims, stadiums, schools, court systems, security forces, protective zoning laws, military forces, intellectual property protections, etc.)?
What is the economic value that the wealthy get from publicly funded bail outs, corporate tax breaks, subsidies, insulation from certain types of economic market forces (just to name a few)?
I doubt most supporters of the Republican tax plan have even contemplated the benefits the wealthy reap from their politicians. (I support some of the Republican’s tax reform goals.)
Answer this: Do the wealthy actually pay for those benefits? Or, because of their positions in the cradles of power, are they able to pass on those costs to the middle class?
Loren M. Lambert © December 20, 2017
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