Economic Justice

The Evils of American Capitalism according to Greg, 1.0.

The Stock Market is paid more attention than the workers who are actually doing the work upon which the market is based.

The emphasis in the economy is on paying investors and shareholders and corporate executives and making sure that they are all flush first and foremost and often at the expense of the security and well being of the workers who are actually doing the work upon which the economy is based.

Money controls Congress. Everything that is done is done because of money. It’s what I think of as old school politics. Money buys political action, favors, and preference. Those with the most money, the rich and large corporations, have engineered lawmaking in this country for most of its history.
That engineering has created economic disparities and inequality that have never been as large as they are today. This engineering has weakened labor in its ability to be its own advocate and work for maintaining adequate and fair wages, benefits, and working conditions for the workers who actually do the work upon which the economy and market are based.

Can the United States find a way to become a more equal and just economic system than it currently is? Will it ever be possible to flip from old school politics based on money controls Congress to a government that does not cater exclusively to those with the most money?

Why can’t we have both a strong stock market and a class of investors, shareholders, and corporate executives, AND a class of workers who do the work, ALL enjoy a good standard of living?

Would it be too much to ask those who have extreme levels of wealth to agree to allow those with less to have just a little bit more?

Most ordinary people, people who work for a living, just want to be able to live and have the basics: shelter, food, warmth, healthcare.

Don’t people who work deserve to have shelter, food, warmth, healthcare, and to not have to worry to excess about whether or not they will have enough money to pay for the basics?

When all the basics are assured, there is less anxiety and people can and do live modestly and don’t expect a lot more than that IF they feel secure.

For the rich, my questions would be: How much wealth is enough? Is there ever enough wealth? What is the goal of having wealth? Is the compulsion to amass an unknown but unlimited amount of wealth your end goal?
For what purpose?

If there can be a way to reconcile an economy that is skewed toward favoring the rich at the expense of everyone else and making sure that all citizens are able to enjoy a standard of living that allows them to live their lives without it being a struggle to survive, all of society would benefit. The economy would be stronger. And overall conditions for everyone and everything would be greatly improved.

It’s not rocket science. It’s a matter of fairness and a fair distribution and wise employment of the limited wealth and resources of any economy.

What do you think?