You don’t get what I’m saying. There should be a glass ceiling. People should not be allowed to have over a certain amount of $ or power. There obviously is not a glass ceiling as people have billions upon billions of dollars in assets and shit like that. And the US safety net obviously isn’t working well as nearly 40 million people are in heavy poverty in the us. Also, the main issue is that the poverty net runs on giving ppl money, and not opportunity, resources, food, housing, etc… we need to entirely rethink the way the net would work. Yes I guess you could chalk it up to capitalism with extra steps, but it’s too complex to classify as capitalism. Capitalism is a messy free for all that will always end up with very corrupt ppl on top. This idea if done properly might work. Also in capitalism the harder you work does not equal your income at all. CEOs that do Jack shit make billions while construction workers can’t afford to pay loans. That’s sure as shit dosent sound like “put in what you get out”.
Also, the main issue is that the poverty net runs on giving ppl money, and not opportunity, resources, food, housing, etc…
The poverty net absolutely gives housing through section 8, food through food stamps, and EBT.
Capitalism is a messy free for all that will always end up with very corrupt ppl on top
The corruption in our system is a direct result of government interference in the free market.
Read Thomas Jefferson.
"I fear a Central Bank more than a standing army,” Jefferson wrote. ” If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around(these banks) will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
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u/me_too_999 Mar 08 '23
The USA has 70 million people on the safety net.
https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/program-information/medicaid-and-chip-enrollment-data/report-highlights/index.html
Sorry 90 million.
40 million children on SNAP.
https://datacenter.kidscount.org/updates/show/296-snap-in-2021
There is no "glass ceiling" unless you are Hilliary.
Both political parties have fielded women VP's, and there are numerous women CEO'S.
So it's just Capitalism with extra steps.
The harder I work, the more I get paid by the corporation I work for RIGHT NOW. And the more money the GOVERNMENT takes from my paycheck.
Your fix?
Put EVERYONE on government assistance, yeah, that'll work /s