Reply #31: excellent post, Nordic ..

[welshTerrier2]

i would like to add that we as Americans should value work over capital ... earned income should be taxed at rates lower than investment earnings ... right now, we do it exactly the other way ...

for those with limited incomes, appropriate deductions could be provided ...

i would also like to add that we have got to make money a non-issue in the electoral process ... we cannot continue to preach about democracy when the wealthy yield a greatly disproportionate amount of power ...

and the same for the legislative process ... most legislation is written for the benefit of those at the top ... the goal is to benefit the super-wealthy and their corporations ... that has to change ...

the Democratic Party has barely been visible on these issues ... token policies, like minimum wage or the Family Leave Act are mere bandaids on the great inequities of our age ...