Working Life

Politicians, as a whole, are not very smart — they don’t read, they don’t think for themselves and they are usually not very curious. So, they usually get spoon-fed all sorts of garbage that they can just regurgitate. Especially corporate-speak — and there are a whole lot of front groups spewing out garbage, especially on taxes.

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There is so much rubbish the traditional media churns out about taxes it’s just hard to keep track of it. So, what’s a thinking person to do? Check this out.

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Every day, it’s possible to shake your head and wonder: where do they find these people? These people who run for office and are truly clueless about reality and, especially, economic facts. You can throw a rock anywhere in Washington, D.C. and you are almost guaranteed to his a member of Congress walking around in a “I must do everything to help corporations” trance. Like John Delaney.

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Well, yes, it’s a debate that should never be had, except in the U.S…should there be a corporate income tax? Ha. So, the answer is pretty simple.

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I’ve never been a fan of the New York governor. I guess it was subtle when I coined him “the poodle for the rich”. And so, no surprise, he’s giving out goodies again.

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If you want change, you have to be consistent. And consistency means you have to call out people no matter what political stripe the person might carry. So, it’s just a fact that Penny Pritzker, the president’s nominee for Commerce Secretary, has been the beneficiary of an off-shore tax dodge.

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At what point will shills for corporate greed ever say, “hey, you know, we can’t continue to lie about corporate taxes”. Seriously, will it be when every CEO can each buy a villa on the French Riveria — those that don’t already have one? Will it be when say the death rate for seniors who can’t afford food anymore because Medicare has been cut because of the rampant, mindless budget-cutting mania driven by deficits — deficits partly driven by corporate robbery of the Treasury — reaches say 10,000 people a week? When? Because right now there seems to be no boundary for the lying.

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Goldman Sachs is one of the great predators in modern day society. I’m still waiting for the day when Goldman’s top executives face criminal indictments over the financial crisis scam — and I suspect I will keep waiting since the Obama Administration shows no inclination to go over the big bankers and Wall Street people who finance modern-day campaigns. But, as a side scam, Goldman is fleecing every taxpayer in America — and helping close schools and destroy the social safety net.

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With the budget debate in full swing and tax deadline just a whisper away, I thought it would be useful to post this, even if it’s a year old — something to keep around every time you hear corporations whine about high taxes. Because those taxes aren’t high at all (yes, I know you know that basic fact).

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Oh, Goldilocks. If you only knew how much you were needed in this big, bad budget fight. Cuz one of the budgets is, to paraphrase your wise words, just too damn loony (courtesy of Paul Ryan), one just leaves anyone who wants a sane society feeling a bit cold (thank you Sen. Patti Murray) but one is just right (a big bow for the Congressional Progressive Caucus).

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