Well we tried that. In 2008, we elected an anti-capitalist who promised to soak the rich and make them really pay their fair share.... do you remember that?
What has resulted? Other than, more capitalists socking away fortunes in offshore accounts?
We tried to tell you this would be a detrimental plan for the economy, but you insisted the rich must pay!
Now, we have discovered, the "rich people" happen to be the ones who make things we need, and when we go buy those things now, we are discovering they cost a whole lot more than they did before we were attacking capitalism. We've also found that "rich people" create most of the jobs, because they have the income to actually pay another person's salary. Since we've gone anti-capitalist, we are finding the "rich people" simply aren't hiring new people. In fact, they are continuing to reduce payrolls by eliminating jobs.
So we have to start looking at this from the perspective of; do YOU really care about the country? Is your political ideology so important you are willing to destroy capitalism and watch the systematic downfall of society in the wake, or do you love your country more? Is it perhaps more important to set your ideology aside for the time being, so that capitalism can flourish instead of decline, and create some actual jobs and prosperity again?
