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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Job Creator?

Look around, there's plenty of real work to be done, more potential jobs than people. The rich don't create jobs. The rich create misery and unemployment by hoarding resources they don't personally use. It's because of this hoarding the vast majority of us have no means of getting the work done for ourselves and each other, and are instead left to petition the rich for a "trickle." Let's not forget that the working class is also described as "consumers." Since 2009, 95% of new income has gone to the top 1%. Small wonder there isn't enough "aggregate consumer demand" to "justify" job creation.
--Nathan

"For a specific example, Hanauer points out that his family owns 3 cars, not the 3,000 cars that might be bought if his $9+ million were taken home by a few thousand families.
...Rich people don't create the jobs.
Our economy creates jobs.
We're all in this together. And until we understand that, our economy is going to go nowhere."
http://www.businessinsider.com/rich-people-create-jobs-2013-11

"Ask yourself this question: what do you really think caused firms to lay off so many workers that unemployment jumped from 4.4% in May 2007 to 10% in October 2009... a sudden spike in business regulations and taxes, or a collapse in demand? It is impossible to imagine that anyone truly believes the former to be the case."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntharvey/2012/06/17/job-creators/

"1. New income generated since 2009 that has gone to the top 1 percent: 95 percent
2. Financial wealth controlled by the bottom 60 percent of all Americans: 2.3 percent
3. Record combined wealth of the top 400 richest Americans: $2,000,000,000,000"
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/27-shocking-numbers-that-reveal-the-true-state-of-the-union-20140128#ixzz2roHcCG2X

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