Joshua SciarrinoLast name; “Sure-Reno”

Socialism Capitalism, where’s the balance in America?Filed Under: business

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Disclaimer: I’m not a historian, treasurer, nor a fully informed person on all of the money/economic situation. I’m simply stating my opinion on this mess that’s going on. Enjoy and please provide feedback, I’d love to hear your two cents and it might change mine.

Clash of World Views

Okay. Right now, we are in the middle of a massive debate and worldview clash. I see this throughout the media but even that runs deeper. I couldn’t really put my finger on this issue that is seeping into America and grabbing us tight, by the throats (or pocketbooks). Many people try to judge one political party or the other. I hear from the right, “It’s the democrats and screwing things up in the Senate/House”.  Or from the left, “Those right-winged socialists, trying to steal our well earned money”. America is totally divided against itself. Why? Seriously. Why?

Well, the democrats have an idea of ‘redistribution’, which some say leads to socialism. And Republicans want to stand for the liberty in the market. Both are great ideas, I have no idea why we can’t compromise and find middle ground.

Corruption is running rampant and no one is doing anything about it. A few large corporations are controlling a majority of the wealth, i.e. Walmart, Exxon Mobile, Jp Morgan/Chase, etc. These corporations are allowed to outsource, so that they create more money for themselves. Instead of using that money to give people raises, it aids their pocketbooks. This is a horrible crime and it’s being allowed, every day. Most of our clothes are made in sweat shops (citation needed).

I’m not sure how legit this quote was in the ‘Zeitgeist:Addendum’ movie but it said, “In 1960, the gap between the upper and middle class was 30:1. In 1998, the gap is now 74:1.” I’ve heard worse. But that’s a major problem. The gap between the upper and middle class is doubling and more so.

If you have two hours, I’d suggest you watch this entire movie. I don’t agree with everything it states, like against Christianity/Religion in general (it shows their tremendous ignorance in any religion) and it was against money which would be extremely difficult to implement because too many people want power, control, and sovereignty. At least watch the first half (the first hour).

Zeitgeist : Addendum

The Bailout Plan/Bill, Will it work?

If you don’t have time to watch that 2 hour video, watch this 7 minute video on why the bailout won’t help and why we (America) are headed for the worst situation we’ve seen in tens of years.

Checks and Balances, How To Solve Our Economic Crisis?

We have laws against people who murder, steal, rape. They get a trial and if proven guilty, they get thrown in jail and are punished. Why not have the same thing for unethical and greedy companies? Why can’t we pass a law for outsourcing jobs? For CEO’s/Managers that know of a crash yet get compensated, they should get punished.

What these very rich people are doing should be illegal and they should get thrown in jail for it. They are criminals in suits. Yet they are allowed to run rampant in desire for a ‘free market’ and for ‘capitalism’. I’m asking for redistribution because of the filthy corruption. I can outsource all my SEO efforts out to India and not get into trouble for it. Yet I can charge normal prices. Ethically, this is wrong because I’m not bringing a higher quality to life to everyone involved. Instead, I could be honest and say ‘you can pay only 300$ for someone in India’ or ‘you can pay 2,000 for me’. It’s totally dishonest.

I’m sure on a small/micro scale it’s not possible to regulate businesses. I’m proposing on a large, macro scale. Corporations like Walmart, Leeman Brothers, etc, all should be regulated. There should be a government, private, and public agency to investigate these big corporations. Checks and balances, and within those, not one person doing the checks/balances. Some type of standard to spot corruption and prosecute it, then sentence them to jail, put it on their record, etc.

If all this stuff is over your head or you don’t care about it. I’m not going to tell you ‘you should’ instead, comment or read another blog post like Wilson’s face from Home Improvement Revealed or Google Chrome getting muddy or Summary of a Child Called It By Dave Pelzer or Health Tips or  Continuous Self Improvement, Kaizen.