A talk on Income Inequality and the differences in taxation given by Nick Hanauer

[mother earth]

[jody]

1. Statements like those have no effect on blue/gray collar workers. Workers just want specific

actions government is going to take to improve our economy!

Enough already with interminable bull shit talk!

People who work and sweat for their daily bread just want to know is there anybody out there who can lead us into an economic recovery?

[mother earth]

2. I hope you forgot the sarcasm icon, or you are simply no familiar with Millionaires for Higher Taxes.

Here's a link to get you familiar with some who have worked to end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.
http://patrioticmillionaires.org/

And here's a link to give you some background on Hanauer:
http://nick-hanauer.com/

NO BS talk, he's promoting higher taxes for the wealthy and calling it like it is, that the health of the middle class translates into the health of the economy. The middle class is the driving force of a healthy economy.

[jody]

3. Sarcasm my ass! I stated my opinion based on hundreds of conversations with people who work for a

living.

Others are entitled to their own opinions based on how they interpret their contacts with trusted friends as am I!

[mother earth]

4. If you believe in the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy,

you can tell us why (since they've been continued), there hasn't been a huge rebound in the economy.
Where are all the jobs that would make these cuts make sense?

[jody]

5. I'll take your reply as "I don't know the answer". Have a great day and goodbye nt

[mother earth]

6. Reply to what? You are the one calling BS, what are you basing that on? or is this

a simply hit & run?

[cantbeserious]

7. I Manage A Small Business And This Talk Rings True

Without demand for additional goods and services, the business does not add additional staff.

[Fuddnik]

8. Likewise with me.

I had a restaurant in Tampa, mainly carry out and delivery. This was in 2008.

When the economy started crashing, a lot of my customers started losing their jobs, and the 20-30 dollars a week they had to send out for dinner was gone. Not to mention gas jumped to $4.00 a gallon, and that started hitting them harder. They had less money to spend on product. The main thing that kept us afloat during that period were corporate runs for lunch at Capital One (who moved their call center to India), Chase and Wellcare.

To top it off, food prices soared.

After a year of not taking home one paycheck, I sold out to my partner. He sold out 6 months later.

I would have loved to hire a couple of more people. They came in looking for applications every day. But, without the demand, we had no need for more employees.