Tambourine
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On the other end of the spectrum, you would probably be hard pressed to find a person who would consider themselves one of "the rich".
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The Cause for Poverty
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Secret Chief
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They've taken the bloody pond.
Are the corporations involved paying their fair share of taxes?
One huge problem we have is that it's become legal for corporations to be parasites on our society. So I'm NOT talking about what's legal.
epronovost
Well-Known Member
Have you tried to teach something to a starving person while you hoard all the fishes? Also fishing is rather easy when there is no competition. The more people learn how to fish, the more difficult it gets. It's also assuming that people who are poor don't know how to do stuff instead of failling a doing the stuff they know how to do due a confluence of factors like talent, luck, competition, etc.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
What do you believe causes poverty?
What do you believe the solution is?
I don't at this time have a position to advocate. That may change, but I am curious about what other people think.
Not nothing from nothing, but she seems fairly well dressed with what appears to be some expensive kicks to be wallowing in poverty. How about giving us a picture of poverty in some third world dictatorship just for comparison.
Cooky
Veteran Member
What do you believe causes poverty?
What do you believe the solution is?
I don't at this time have a position to advocate. That may change, but I am curious about what other people think.
Today I am working in Watts California. I see people who just don't care... About anything.
I saw a little girl fall off the monkey bars, and her parents weren't even there.
From today in the projects:
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BSM1
What? Me worry?
They were fulfilling a need. If folks could do their own fishing, the need would disappear. Our lack of knowledge creates a need which can be "exploited" if you want to look at it like that.
This suggestion is - apparently - coming from the two wrongs make it right perspective?
As long as this stays the mantra of a country, no measures against poverty will be successful.
What is the solution for greed?
Corporations cover the cost of taxes by charges more for their goods or services which may end up putting those goods or services out of the reach of the income challenged.
His tax rate was much lower than the average working stiff. I'll give him the work but not the low tax rate.
Outside of fair taxation, I also think it's useful to focus on what someone does with one's money. Some try to improve society and some wallow in their cash.
India is hardly a dictatorship but I saw abject poverty when I visited there during the 1970's and 1980's. They've come a long way since then for many.
The question is better addressed as others are doing on a universal level - what causes poverty not comparing poverty in the US to poverty in India or Nigeria.
But corporations are people. And if I make a product as a partnership why should I have to pay taxes when corporations do not. Why should they get an unfair advantage. Let's treat all business profits the same whether corporate, partnerships or individuals.
Greed will be with us until humanity grows up more. Government action can minimize the impact of greed.
So far, so good. But - in theory - the next step is that they use that revenue to pay their fair share of taxes. What's happening a lot these days is that the corporations collect the revenue, and have found legal ways to keep too much of it and not pay the taxes they "ought" to be paying.
Heyo
Veteran Member
Convince as many people as possible that greed is not good.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
You obliviously have never been in business. Any tax imposed on a business is passed right along to the consumer. Taxes, like insurance, overhead, etc., is considered a cost of doing business and you, dear consumer, pay said costs. Don't just believe me, look up some Economics 101.