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In reply to the discussion: Our future is center-left not far-left. The business community and DLC, not OWS [View all]HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)The U.S. should never be considered an "ideal" when you have 50 million uninsured and 250 million at the mercy of for-profit health insurance (a system I don't see ONE COUNTRY even remotely discussing to adopt).
The U.S. should never be considered a "benchmark" when you have anywhere from 300:1 to 475:1 CEO-to-average worker pay ratio, depending on the year.
The U.S. should never be considered "exemplary" when we have no mandated paid maternity leave, no mandated vacation and harsh life-destroying penalties for union organization attempts.
The U.S. should never be considered "normal" as long as real-dollar inflation-adjusted wages have been stagnant for 33 years while the incomes of the wealthy have vaulted 285% in that same amount of time.
What you're promoting and the economic system you subscribe to has been a one-sided BUG HUNT on workers and their progress. It's not democratic, workers have literally NO say in a corporate knife-throwing show, our health and vitality is almost completely tethered to how gainfully we're employed and that's WRONG.
We can't strike out and voice our opinions without severe beatdowns from the corporation's personal army (the police) . . . incidentally, ever see any police at Tea Party events at all?
Please don't call what the U.S. has "normal". The notion is laughable.