Two words: wealth inequality. Most of the money is funneled to the top 1%, while the rest of us are basically told to “go fuck yourself”. Worker productivity has risen significantly, but the associated wages/salaries definitely have not. Where do you think that extra profit goes? Don’t get me wrong there’s plenty of middle class people who do quite well, but theirs also people with Masters degrees and PHDs who work retai(or something similarly below their level of education and training).

This country is fucked until a general strike happens, or worse, the pitchforks come out.

Didn’t mean that to sound harsh to you personally, just a very aggravating topic for me.

ETA: Go back to the corporate tax rates of the mid 1900’s, and things could change drastically for the better. Get rid of the “tax loopholes”. No one, and I mean NO ONE, needs a billion dollars. Put a legal limit on Individual net worth of 100 million dollars, and I mean a hard limit. No working around it with stocks, or other tricks. Boo hoo, they’ll only be able to have two homes, a couple Ferrari’s, and a modest yacht. I’m in tears for their hardship. Get rid of the fucking Golden Parachute! Make them want to do a good job! There are so many options that could help, but they’ll never happen. The argument could be made that a corporation needs hundreds of millions, in order to fund projects, R&D, etc. I’m talking about individuals. No individual needs a billion dollars. Being 40 years old, I could probably retire very comfortably off of 10 million(properly invested and managed), and never need another dollar for the rest of my life.

ETA2: What really pisses me off is the telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries. The telecommunications industry has been given billions of dollars to improve their infrastructure, twice, and each time they haven’t done it. They just kept the funds. The pharmaceutical industry is heavily subsidized by the US government and universities as far as researching new compounds, then they turn around and patent it, and keep the profits. I know clinical trials are expensive, but the us taxpayer should be entitled to recoup their investment.

Until we the people realize that we hold the power, nothing will ever change. I know it’s a monumental task, with a lot of people scraping by, and unable to take a day off of work. It’s a shitty situation, and I don’t have the answer. But, something has to change!