2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders is willing to sacrifice growth for the sake of redistribution. [View all]PatrickforO
(14,573 posts)Methinks the Washington Post may be taking some things just a teensy bit out of context.
1) Taxing the corporations who have 'offshored' trillions in untaxed profits will allow massive infrastructure programs, which will CREATE jobs.
2) Overturning the 'free trade' deals will bring jobs back to the United States.
3) Free college will help businesses by ensuring a steadier supply of skilled workers - a look at the US census shows a serious gap in the number of people holding Bachelors degrees between people over 45 (more) and under 34 (far fewer). It can reverse this potentially disastrous trend.
4) Health care as a right, and Medicare for all Americans will immediately remove one of the biggest cost centers across the board for American business. Not having to pay out the nose for healthcare will immediately raise profits. This will put businesses in good position to expand and add jobs as demand for goods and services increases from infrastructure workers.
Redistributing wealth will NOT end economic growth - the face of that growth will change but the growth will continue.
This is just a sample of the either/or fallacy. Either we drill in the arctic OR jobs are lost. Either we continue to pump carbon into the atmosphere OR we will lose jobs...not true.