If given the opportunity, you should all vote Democratic Socialist in the 2026 mid term elections. Or at the very least, Democrat. As for the wrong that needs to be righted, that starts out with the tax breaks Reagan gave to the wealthy. Right now, the bottom 50% of Americans have around 4 trillion in wealth. The top 50% of Americans have around 156 trillion in wealth. Though I couldn't say so for sure, I doubt in the days of Rome when they had slaves or during the middle ages in Europe when they had serfs that there was any different of a wealth disparity than what we have. But what we do have is bad enough. And I have the solutions. Socialism. (Or at least Democratic Socialism) Though that is far from meaning that capitalism would go away. It would just be more fair. Such as when under FDR, Truman and Eisenhower the tax rate for the wealthy was at 90%.
From there, the U.S. is around 37 trillion in debt. From the top 50%, the U.S. should seize 56 trillion in wealth. The more they have, the more we take. With that, pay off our 37 trillion debt. That would leave 19 trillion left over. What could we do with that? Well to start out, we should put a price freeze in place like Nixon did. Then pay people back for what they have been ripped off for ever since Reagan's tax breaks for the wealthy. Because obviously, "trickle down" didn't work. I say after the price freeze, we should give every working adult or retiree $50,000 dollars. That would cost around 7 trillion dollars.
That would leave 12 trillion left over. What could we do with that? To start out, fix all the infrastructure in the U.S. That would cost around a trillion. Next, for just about everything Americans buy, such as cars, refrigerators, washing machines, TV's, cell phones, etc, the U.S. should build government owned factories to build those things. That would take around another trillion dollars. When the private companies who make those things for profit go out of business, the U.S. can just take those companies over and have them government run companies.
So, what to do with the other 10 trillion or so? How about housing every American and giving all of them a car of their choice. (Electric of course) That might cost around another trillion. But likely, much less. So, what to do with the other 9 trillion? Well according to Yale University, it would cost the U.S. around 4.5 trillion to convert completely to renewable energy.
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Shifting U.S. to 100 Percent Renewables Would Cost $4.5 Trillion, Analysis Finds - Yale E360
So, that would leave the us with about another 4.5 trillion. I'm sure somebody could think of other things to use that money for. On top of all that, raise the federal minimum wage to at least $40.00 per hour. So, naysayers, (Which seems to be all there is around here) have at it.
From there, the U.S. is around 37 trillion in debt. From the top 50%, the U.S. should seize 56 trillion in wealth. The more they have, the more we take. With that, pay off our 37 trillion debt. That would leave 19 trillion left over. What could we do with that? Well to start out, we should put a price freeze in place like Nixon did. Then pay people back for what they have been ripped off for ever since Reagan's tax breaks for the wealthy. Because obviously, "trickle down" didn't work. I say after the price freeze, we should give every working adult or retiree $50,000 dollars. That would cost around 7 trillion dollars.
That would leave 12 trillion left over. What could we do with that? To start out, fix all the infrastructure in the U.S. That would cost around a trillion. Next, for just about everything Americans buy, such as cars, refrigerators, washing machines, TV's, cell phones, etc, the U.S. should build government owned factories to build those things. That would take around another trillion dollars. When the private companies who make those things for profit go out of business, the U.S. can just take those companies over and have them government run companies.
So, what to do with the other 10 trillion or so? How about housing every American and giving all of them a car of their choice. (Electric of course) That might cost around another trillion. But likely, much less. So, what to do with the other 9 trillion? Well according to Yale University, it would cost the U.S. around 4.5 trillion to convert completely to renewable energy.
Yale e360
e360.yale.edu › digest › shifting-u-s-to-100-percent-renewables-would-cost-4-5-trillion-analysis-finds
Shifting U.S. to 100 Percent Renewables Would Cost $4.5 Trillion, Analysis Finds - Yale E360
So, that would leave the us with about another 4.5 trillion. I'm sure somebody could think of other things to use that money for. On top of all that, raise the federal minimum wage to at least $40.00 per hour. So, naysayers, (Which seems to be all there is around here) have at it.
