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Post by aztec70 on Apr 1, 2014 7:06:06 GMT -8
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Post by aztecwin on Apr 1, 2014 7:27:53 GMT -8
I read it in spite of it being Krugman. Wrong then and wrong now. Income inequality is a problem but taxation is no way to address it.
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Post by aztec70 on Apr 1, 2014 8:25:13 GMT -8
I read it in spite of it being Krugman. Wrong then and wrong now. Income inequality is a problem but taxation is no way to address it. I am glad you agree that income inequality is a problem. |
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Post by AlwaysAnAztec on Apr 1, 2014 8:56:41 GMT -8
What drove the income inequality down in the mid part of this century was WWII (full employment), free (or low cost) college education for returning veterans, and the rise of labor unions which drove up wages.
What is happening now? The recession which caused unemployment, the dramatic rise in the cost of education, and the loss of membership in labor unions in non-government industries. We are in the new age of the robber baron.
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Post by aztecwin on Apr 1, 2014 14:20:19 GMT -8
What drove the income inequality down in the mid part of this century was WWII (full employment), free (or low cost) college education for returning veterans, and the rise of labor unions which drove up wages. What is happening now? The recession which caused unemployment, the dramatic rise in the cost of education, and the loss of membership in labor unions in non-government industries. We are in the new age of the robber baron. What about Public Sector Unions? |
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Post by aztecwin on Apr 1, 2014 14:33:49 GMT -8
What about Public Sector Unions? Public sector unions are largely useless and detrimental but the demise of private sector unions says a lot---and not much that's good---about what kinds of people we really are. Private Sector Unions have a place and function that is useful. I just object to some of the practices such as "featherbedding", Shadow Employees, and spiked pensions. |
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Post by aztecwin on Apr 1, 2014 14:51:43 GMT -8
Private Sector Unions have a place and function that is useful. I just object to some of the practices such as "featherbedding", Shadow Employees, and spiked pensions. I shouldn't have said "useless and detrimental," but they certainly aren't as necessary as private sector unions. Government jobs already have lots of built-in protections but every employee public or private deserves recourse or representation or whatever. Plus there's the stuff you mention above that happens on the taxpayer dime. Forgive me for sounding idealistic, but to me if a person is working for the government he is undertaking a rather sacred endeavor. I remember when reagan fired the air traffic controllers. They must have thought he was joking or something. Today their gambit would have led to a raise. For all his flaws, at least reagan usually meant what he said. I should have been a bit clearer as well. I am against Public Sector Unions entirely and the practices I mentioned are big problems in the Private Sector. Think about Longshoremen as an example. |
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