21st Century Economic Bill of Rights

[BluesDriver66]

Good ideas never go out of style and some are way overdue.

 

[PaxNurgle]

I agree with all of these things. I don't know who marianne is, however. And sadly, I suspect the usual forum trolls- the hisarpy/millionairenextdoor/chobham guy, and Rightguide, for example, will read that list and bitch about how it's all "Socialist propaganda." Such is a commentary of the sad times we now live in.

This country needs a Roosevelt. Or a Marianne. Or even, a decent human being interested in governing, as opposed to simply seizing power and wealth, and/or advancing some hateful racist/apartheid agenda, to become the head of our nation.

 

[BluesDriver66]

I agree with all of these things. I don't know who marianne is, however. And sadly, I suspect the usual forum trolls- the hisarpy/millionairenextdoor/chobham guy, and Rightguide, for example, will read that list and bitch about how it's all "Socialist propaganda." Such is a commentary of the sad times we now live in.

This country needs a Roosevelt. Or a Marianne. Or even, a decent human being interested in governing, as opposed to simply seizing power and wealth, and/or advancing some hateful racist/apartheid agenda, to become the head of our nation.

Corporate Democrats hate Marianne Williamson much more than Republicans and will fight harder against her and her policies than they will against Republicans. Hard core, right wing, conservative, anti-abortionist Democrats like Joe Manchin will get financial, moral, and political support year after year while Democratic party bosses are hating on candidates like Bernie Sanders and Marianne Williamson all day long.

Here's Marianne speaking her mind. Don't bother waiting to see it on the mainstream cable stations. There's a corporate media blackout on all her public speaking engagements.

 

[Lazaran]

Ambitious.

 

[BluesDriver66]

Ambitious.

Overdue.

 

[Lazaran]

Laudable.

 

[PaxNurgle]

The sad thing is they will give hate-mongering extremists like Marjorie Tyler Greene and Tucker Carlson all the air time in the world but will impose a "corporate media blackout" against Marianne Williamson, whose message would actually resonate with far, far more people than someone like Tucker Carlson or Marjorie.

So much for the "Liberal" media, right?

 

[Traderdc]

So look, America is a clusterfuck right now. The masses continue to vote against their own best interest, denying themselves decent medical coverage, adequate wage inflation, decent schools…etc. All while voting for tax breaks and bullshit trickle down economic policies that have never once in history proven effective. But the list proposed is nonsensical. Just look at item number 1. The right to a good paying job. Once you say everyone gets a good paying job, all incentive to land and keep such employment is gone. The right has gone to far in favour of corporations, even arguing they deserve the rights of people. But to combat such idiocy with equally flawed policy proposals does nobody any good.

 

[Chobham]

Good ideas never go out of style and some are way overdue.

21st Century.

1 thru 6 are crap. You deserve what you've earned, not for the reason of your existence. The world will be fine without you and you are NOT entitled to the sweat of another's brow.

What the hell does 7 even mean?

8 is not a right, but it is a reasonable expectation.

9 Agreed.

10 Who is excluded?

 

[BluesDriver66]

The sad thing is they will give hate-mongering extremists like Marjorie Tyler Greene and Tucker Carlson all the air time in the world but will impose a "corporate media blackout" against Marianne Williamson, whose message would actually resonate with far, far more people than someone like Tucker Carlson or Marjorie.

So much for the "Liberal" media, right?

I clearly remember Bernie Sanders rallies with tens of thousands of people attending while corporate media had a static shot of a empty podium for a Trump appearance. Bernie was depicted as an unserious candidate with opinions and policies outside the mainstream while Trump was considered a media phenomenon whose every word must be documented and broadcast to every home in the nation.

 

[BluesDriver66]

21st Century.

1 thru 6 are crap. You deserve what you've earned, not for the reason of your existence. The world will be fine without you and you are NOT entitled to the sweat of another's brow.

What the hell does 7 even mean?

8 is not a right, but it is a reasonable expectation.

9 Agreed.

10 Who is excluded?

Unless you are a CEO. Then you absolutely deserve what your workers have earned and are entitled to the sweat of their brow.

 

[BluesDriver66]

The right to a good paying job. Once you say everyone gets a good paying job, all incentive to land and keep such employment is gone.

Your low opinion of U.S. workers as lazy opportunists is less than inspiring.

 

[Chobham]

Unless you are a CEO. Then you absolutely deserve what your workers have earned and are entitled to the sweat of their brow.

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You're evidence is based on envy, period and in no way addresses 1 thru 6. Those are implied governmental mandates and are at the very core of "Das Kapital" and the "Communist Manifesto."

That being said, I agree that CEO pay is out of whack but that re-numeration is based on stock value. Fine, that's what they negotiated. But you are a free agent. You can choose to NOT spend your money on anything that those corporations produce. Yes, it will cost you more in the front end but will save you in taxes in the back end under your manifesto, and those CEO's will pay the price.

You, I, every one, as individuals with free agency have the ability to decide who we do business with........so far. The proposals you put forth will lead to nothing more than the centralization of power, financially and politically

 

[BluesDriver66]

You're evidence is based on envy, period and in no way addresses 1 thru 6. Those are implied governmental mandates and are at the very core of "Das Kapital" and the "Communist Manifesto."

That being said, I agree that CEO pay is out of whack but that re-numeration is based on stock value. Fine, that's what they negotiated. But you are a free agent. You can choose to NOT spend your money on anything that those corporations produce. Yes, it will cost you more in the front end but will save you in taxes in the back end under your manifesto, and those CEO's will pay the price.

You, I, every one, as individuals with free agency have the ability to decide who we do business with........so far. The proposals you put forth will lead to nothing more than the centralization of power, financially and politically

Sweet fucking Jesus. Why does everyone have to consult and over analyze every fucking thing in their life through the prism of Marx, Engels, and Friedman? If I need a pothole filled on my street I don't need to know what some dead philosopher thought about the means of production in the 19th century.

I'm dealing with the here and now. I want common sense solutions to the problems going on today and don't really give a fuck what Marx, Friedman, or anybody else's grand vision of how the world should work for some unique problem that requires a unique solution right now.

Fuck anybody who thinks the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few is based in envy and not in economic justice in particular and freedom/democracy in general.

 

[PaxNurgle]

How did I fucking know Hisarpy was going to come up with that "Communist manifesto" bullshit? You are nothing if not predictable, senior harpy.

I get it, anything altruistic that might actually benefit someone other than the very rich is "Communist."

Get educated. Please.

 

[Holy_Seduction]

The Economic Bill of Rights will go nowhere for the simple reason that there is no support for it anywhere on the spectrum of official politics.

The premise of an equitable justice system or of equal access to so-called ‘democratic participation’ tends to work best for minds silly enough to believe it.

 

[BluesDriver66]

The Economic Bill of Rights will go nowhere for the simple reason that there is no support for it anywhere on the spectrum of official politics.

The premise of an equitable justice system or of equal access to so-called ‘democratic participation’ tends to work best for minds silly enough to believe it.

 

[Holy_Seduction]

the prism of Marx…

Marx’ term for ‘accumulated capital’ was ‘worker blood.’ If that is so, it has rather grave implications for many contemporary matters. That’s why the MELT quartet [Marx/Engels/Lenin/Trotsky — in some or another combination] keeps reappearing.

Often in context of MELTdown.

 

[Holy_Seduction]

The text is entirely correct. Defeatism in all forms must be rejected. As representation and ‘reform’ are impossible, that means the working class [the 90%] must force its own demands into the stream of political discourse. Quite bluntly, the state must be handed a crisis: Comply or pass from the stage of history; we’re done following.

 

[VinnyVeritas]

Re OP:

Those are not "rights." At best they are goals because there is a subset of people who want nothing to do with things like jobs and earnings; a class of hands out for handouts. They think that that is their right and just due in such a "rich" country. I like to think of them as the grasshopper class that wishes to live off of the teat of the ant class. They have many excuses, most of the boiling down to simplistic bumper sticker ideas such as how unfair and Racist this country is and they have a right to the largess of oppressors and Racists.

 

[VinnyVeritas]

The Economic Bill of Rights will go nowhere for the simple reason that there is no support for it anywhere on the spectrum of official politics.

The premise of an equitable justice system or of equal access to so-called ‘democratic participation’ tends to work best for minds silly enough to believe it.

I challenge you to objectively define such subjective terms as "equitable justice" and "equal access."

 

[YDB95]

there is a subset of people who want nothing to do with things like jobs and earnings; a class of hands out for handouts. They think that that is their right and just due in such a "rich" country.

Don't worry, the voices in your head don't get a vote.

 

[VinnyVeritas]

I am cut to the quick by such a lackluster whit. NOT!

 

[adrina]

The Economic Bill of Rights will go nowhere for the simple reason that there is no support for it anywhere on the spectrum of official politics.

The premise of an equitable justice system or of equal access to so-called ‘democratic participation’ tends to work best for minds silly enough to believe it.

The only reason that it has no current future, is because we have such low current voter and citizen participation. Literally less than 1/4 of our eligible voters do so in every election and more than 1/3 of our eligible voters never vote at all. We have more people who never vote than people who always vote.

The average American is a non-voter. They have abdicated their civic authority and the rest of us just get the "pleasure" of living with it.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

By all means, every good Democrat should get out and vote for Marianne Williamson in the primaries.