Reply #23: In general you need to get actual dollars into the economy, into

[Bonhomme Richard]

the hands of the people that will spend it. The only way I see to do that in the short term would be for the top 2% to pay very high taxes that could be spent on major infrastructure spending. That would create jobs and spur manufacturing. Hand in hand with that we for business leaders to work on a smaller profit margin and put those profits directly into the salaries of their workers.
The way I see it you have two tiers here. You have a segment that makes their money playing with money. The only way to get that spread around is through taxes because they don't actually produce anything that people would buy. The second tier would be manufacturing and service. Those companies actually do produce something that people want such as widgets (manufacturing) or filling a need. If they spent time putting real money into their workers hands everyone's standard of living would rise.
Having said that, I don't hold out much hope in their cooperating because the greed is out of hand and the real decision makers can always move somewhere else if things go down the toilet here. I don't think anything will change until they personally feel vulnerable for their actions. Literally vilified and afraid to leave their homes. It amazed me just how afraid they were when the shit hit the fan and people were actually picketing their private home here in CT..