Give it time if what being proposed happens, but I think your indoctrination is a bit too deep.
I’m not in favor of a system that punishes hard work and innovation, but I’m also not in favor of a system that is also controlled and rigged by billionaires and perpetuates the type of wealth gap we are experiencing. That’s a true core conservative ideal that has been lost with Republicans. The system shouldn’t be rigged for anyone. The ladder must be free flowing up and down.
The ball began rolling with Reagan and honestly picked up steam with nearly every administration that followed, R or D. So, my question to you and other people who oppose the current legislation is two fold: do you find the wealth gap concerning, and, if so, what is your solution to resolve it?
SBD mentioned the fall of Rome as a comparison. However, the central focus of the fall was not military might. An empire has to decay from the inside before it gets taken over from the outside. Rome became the victim of self-interested, wealthy, corrupt statesmen angling for power and doing anything they could to get it. The state be damned, they just wanted to be wealthy and in power. They were too drunk with their own ambition to realize what they were doing, or, they were just willing to risk it all as long as they were the ones in charge. Sound familiar?
As far as historical comparisons go, I will say that a wealthy elite, who amassed an embarrassment or wealth opposed to a rapidly declining middle class has been disastrous in one way or another for just about every historical country, nation, empire, etc. that I can think of.
Something has to be done. I don’t know how effective this legislation will be, but I also get sickened when I see people like McConnell only offer critiques without offering solutions. Even further, actually pushing for legislation that perpetuates the growing problem.
Romulus Augustulus McConnellus
