Why I Am A Patriotic Millionaire: Dale Walker
I spent most of my life avoiding politics, happily focusing on my family and my career…
Let’s Help President Trump Succeed: Wages
Donald Trump understood the justified anger of Americans living hand to mouth, paycheck to paycheck. But now he has the obligation to do something about it. He also has the opportunity to create a great legacy.
What Comes Next is More Important
Will the voters stubbornly cling to their champion, who will undoubted tweet a litany of excuses and fictitious obstacles, others to blame?
How Much Inequality Can We Handle?
The United States has the highest level of income inequality in the developed world. Economists think our wealth inequality is even greater. It is inherently unfair, even immoral, for me and many others to live in opulence while millions of Americans struggle just to get enough to eat.
What is the Point?
First, do we acknowledge that inequality has risen to an extreme level? If yes, is there acknowledgment that this is a big problem, if it is not moderated?
Delivering on the Promise for Shared Prosperity
Furthermore, we allowed the strengthening of these neoliberal economic policies while globalization and technological advances accelerated the advance of inequality–in wages and in wealth. So now we have inequality which has risen to peak levels, and in the US it is worse than in any other developed country.
Populism and Trump
Tax cuts reduce government services which hurt workers more than the wealthy. This is a form of reverse redistribution–gains for the wealthy, net losses for the working class.