Originally Posted by Ray E. Strode
Eh, Well,
Back some time ago, before you were born Gavin, people would go to work for a company, most likely with Union representation, work there all their lives and retire with a small pension, usually there was a payroll savings plan for them, and Social Security when they reached 65. And they had a good, if not great retirement

But Gavin, the people got Greedy! They thought the company was making lots of money and they wanted more! And on top of that they elected more "Freeloaders" who also didn't have a pot to P*ss in or a window to throw it out of to Congress. The congress decided to raise taxes on the companies. The companies couldn't pay union wages and high taxes so they started leaving the country. And the workers were left out in the cold, by their own hand. I know some people can't see the forest for the trees. As stated by POGO. We have found the enemy, and it is us. Trump sees it Gavin, do you?


There are lots of reasons why America has been failing for a lot of years now, the cause of this decline started right after the end of WWII, when we decided we needed to help the people we won the war over to get back on their feet by giving them lots of money, and sweet trade deals that made it so very hard for our own companies to compete in the same market. Our politicians have continued this for all the years after with every trade deal they have written, until Trump. The unions are also to blame for lots of this. They got greedy. The more money their workers make the more the unions could gouge their members, like a vicious circle. Today almost all the pension plans are going bust and union companies are playing hell trying to compete with non-union companies. Add to that the welfare programs, that were started in the 20's, and have gotten "Progressively" worse ever since. It is not only the social welfare programs that have been killing the economy it is the state of mind that comes along with it. Why work, when they will pay you to stay at home and not work? Why work, when all you have to do to get a bigger check is have more babies? Why work, when they will give you everything you need to live; welfare, healthcare, education, housing... Why work harder, when if you do it will mean you don't qualify for some of these programs? Why is it that around 50% of the people are paying almost 100% of income taxes? Add to that, Illegal immigrants and all they have cost this country in jobs and the drain on social welfare programs they should not qualify to receive. Any other country that had 20,000,000+ people cross their border illegally would call it an invasion because that is what it is. Most of them do not want to be Americans, only turn this country into the country they left. Yes, I own a soapbox.

Have a goodun,

John W. Selleck BMI Songwriter
A day without learning is a day lost forever.

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