Don't Abolish Billionaires

@no1marauder said
So your religion says. But such balderdash is contrary to actual experience in the Real World.

The philosophy of freedom is the antithesis of religion No1. What you preach has far more in common with religion, with your rules and edicts, and high priests, and second order priests, and third order priests and threats of damnation for those that do not bow before your god, the state, and it's own version of heaven where there's all this free stuff floating around like majic. You're the religious nut job here, and one day your religion will be exposed like all the rest.

@averagejoe1 said
Phranny you are complicating something that is already simple. BTW, you say "(if I) am interested in universal health care and a quality free public education through college"... But, I am not interested in that. Our country would cave in under the weight of its cost. God forbid we get those programs, entitlements. It is already simple, proven by our last 250 years. ...[text shortened]... OTUS. You call him an idiot? Very interesting. Makes one wonder what else is wrong in your texts.

The fact of the matter is that the average worker remains struggling and the rich are getting a greater and greater share of the country's income and wealth. Here an interesting data point:

Some 7 million Americans are 90 days or more behind on their auto loan payments, new data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows. The number of delinquent loans follows a trend of steady increases since 2011 and has risen to the highest level in the 19-year history of the bank’s loan origination data

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A recent Bankrate survey finds most Americans haven’t gotten a pay boost in the past year. October 2018’s average wage had about the same purchasing power as it did 40 years ago, according to Pew Research. As costs like health care and child care continue to increase, wages are struggling to keep up.

https://www.bankrate.com/loans/auto-loans/auto-loan-delinquencies-rise/

Meanwhile:

The top 1 percent of America’s income earners have more than doubled their share of the nation’s income since the middle of the 20th century. American top 1 percent incomes peaked in the late 1920s, right before the onset of the Great Depression.

https://inequality.org/facts/income-inequality/

Having an economic system that serves the needs of the People who create and maintain it is a bit more important that letting the plutocracy get even richer.

@wajoma said
The philosophy of freedom is the antithesis of religion No1. What you preach has far more in common with religion, with your rules and edicts, and threats of damnation for those that do not bow before your god, the state, and it's own version of heaven where there's all this free stuff floating around like majic. You're the religious nut job here, and one day your religion will be exposed like all the rest.

Religion is based on blind faith just like your belief system. So you can hold your breath until you turn blue and deny that public investments in human and physical capital were necessary to build the wealthiest modern economies, but that is not a serious position given the facts. Thus, your beliefs, like someone believing in Odin or Zeus, are irrational.