Yeah, I'm spreading liberal propaganda and I seem to be arguing for the status quo: except, I'm not. Within the US, the minimum wage is not a living wage. There is no maximum wage. Investors and leaders of industry bleed their own corporations dry, then place the blame on federal taxes & regulations or on unions hard-fought for health & retirement benefits. The entire corporate infrastructure is irrational, irresponsible and unsustainable.
And that's the crux of it, we need rational, progressive reforms, akin to what we saw from the beginning of the 20th century thru the WWII era. To eliminate federal debt, we need to raise taxes, at least in the short-term. It's not rational to raise taxes on those who barely scrape by. It's not rational to raise taxes on the middle class in general, thereby reducing spending power of the consumer base. It's entirely rational and logically consistent, to raise taxes on the small minority of Americans ─ whose unscrupulous actions can and have utterly devastated our economy and regularly threaten our environment and health, thereby forcing the creation of costly regulatory agencies ─ and while the [often hidden] cost of corporate welfare exceeds that which is spent on social welfare.
I feel, in this election cycle, the best candidates and ideas are generally found within the Democratic Party. A vote for conservatism ─ in any guise ─ for any reason ─ is not in the interest of the nation. Still, I firmly believe, in any election, the best vote that the disaffected can make, is for a 3rd party.
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