We work harder for less, and whole lot of us vote Republican. I guess it's
true you get the government you deserve.
I recall many years ago reading something about the French traveler and
writer Alexis de Tocqueville, who, when asked about American democracy,
said words to the effect that it was pretty damned good, and would be until
we figured out we could vote ourselves rich. I believe most people assumed
he meant the rabble trying to vote themselves rich. Who knew it would be
the other way, that democracy would be the tool whereby the rich further
enriched themselves?
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 9:08 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I suspect that the same might be said of this country, Bob: productivity
> is apparently lower than in many other parts of Europe, pay is pretty low
> and people are feeling the stress. But they don’t dare complain for fear
> of losing their jobs (vast generalisation there), nor do they trust the
> tribunal system to give them the credit for constructive disimissal.
>
> Chris
>
> > On 18 Oct 2015, at 12:34, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > If you look at a graph of US productivity growth and US income growth,
> > you'll see the two are intertwined like strands of DNA until about 1973,
> > when public policy changes started allowing US corporations to do some
> > not-so-nice-things. Since 1973, income growth has remained the "bunny
> > slope" at the ski resort, while productivity is so steep you couldn't ski
> > down that slope, you'd just roll. We are working much, much harder for
> > much, much less money, while the overwhelming bulk of the money goes to
> the
> > top 5 percent of people, who are not trickling it down to the rest of us
> > like Uncle Ronnie claimed they would, unless you count pissing on our
> legs
> > as tricking down.
>
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