I think it is the left trying to wring the money out of all but the super rich. Look at Russia if you want an example. You have the super rich who are the favored class of the political brass, then you have the rest.
you literally just described what this country is turning into thanks to deregulation and lowering taxes.
i mean damn bro, you can't be that unaware that you just described our country right now while trying to blame the left. last time i checked, the free market - ya know, THE RICH - has lobbied and corrupted government so effectively that simply raising taxes in the SAME tax structure is somehow considered socialism. the rich were the ones who outsourced our jobs. the rich are the ones who decided to fire everyday americans in ship those jobs to china. the rich are the ones who whined about paying too much in taxes, despite the fact that they already pay jack crap to begin with.
the rich has created a system where we privatize the profits, and socialize the losses. the rich while brag about profits and lowering taxes and dodging regulations and call everybody takers and leechers, but then the moment something like the pandemic happens, or a recession happens, those SAME RICH LOSERS all of sudden need the government to bail them out. all of a sudden we're in this together, and they need money from the government so they can "save" our jobs.
and then when things get back to normal, those same people get labeled takers and leechers and lazy by the wealthy. the answer to every crisis is to lower taxes and deregulate, or what you guys love calling fiscal conservatism or - lmfao - "pro growth policies."
hey, i know that we already dont pay anything in taxes and we already dodge regulations, but you know what would help this country right now? if you give us a bigger tax cut and deregulate! then we'll REALLY have some table scraps left over to MAYBE toss to the peons in the middle/lower class.
MAYBE. and if not, we'll do it next time. we promise.
nobody plays the victim better than the american elite.
"omg, we HAD to raise our prices! why? well....i mean...people we're making more! well..yea that didnt mean we HAD to raise prices, but since people made more, we charged them more!"
