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Post by birdgal on Mar 24, 2023 22:02:40 GMT -5
Is this attack on women's lives and futures a very, very good distraction?
What's really going on here? Interesting how so many people are all excited about this again. I can't help wondering what we aren't talking about.
One more time with feeling. This is so simple. What part do people not get? It's her body, her choice, her future, her life! Could it be any more simple?
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Post by ruby on Mar 25, 2023 10:18:26 GMT -5
Are you speaking of Roe vs. Wade? Do you think it is a distraction orchestrated by Republicans? I knew something was up when Amy Conen Barrett was appointed to the Supreme Court. She lives and breathes Catholicism.
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Post by notbob on Mar 25, 2023 14:19:20 GMT -5
You're right birdgal. It's a distraction - a distraction intended to make us fight amongst ourselves. I'm convinced that in general, Republican legislators don't give a damn about abortion, gays, guns, immigration, the poor, healthcare, infrastructure, or any of the things we're perpetually fighting about. They are paid representatives of the wealthy. The wealthiest people on Earth pay for their political campaigns and provide lobbying perks to keep their "employees" in line. While we fight over social issues Republicans bring to the fore, they work behind the scenes to lower taxes for the rich, work to eliminate regulations that keep employees and consumers safe, but are costly to businesses, and work to strip benefits from the masses because benefits to the masses can't help but cost them money. CEOs used to make 20 times average worker wages in the 1950s. Today, they make well over 300 times what average workers make. Since roughly 1980, CEO compensation has risen 1400% while our wages have gone up about 18%...yet they constantly want more. They get masses of people on their side when the bring religion into the discussion, citing abortion, LGBTQ+ issues, etc., while working against our best interests. It's all about the money. It has nothing to do with the social issues they promote fights over. |
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Post by ruby on Mar 25, 2023 14:51:22 GMT -5
Wow! I did not realize the facts about CEO compensation vs. the average worker in America. My knowledge of that stopped in the 1980's. Thanks for catching me up on the facts notbob. I read somewhere that really rich people are addicted to making money. That must be true because it seems that they never have enough. I wonder if Elon Musk could have spent the money covering his trip into space to help wounded warriors. It makes me sick to think of him on a trip into space with celebrities when he could have spent that money to help someone walk or find new technology to cure cancer. |
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Post by notbob on Mar 25, 2023 22:42:31 GMT -5
Wow! I did not realize the facts about CEO compensation vs. the average worker in America. My knowledge of that stopped in the 1980's. Thanks for catching me up on the facts notbob . I read somewhere that really rich people are addicted to making money. That must be true because it seems that they never have enough. I wonder if Elon Musk could have spent the money covering his trip into space to help wounded warriors. It makes me sick to think of him on a trip into space with celebrities when he could have spent that money to help someone walk or find new technology to cure cancer. , it's not about having money to spend. When they get to that billionaire level, they'd never be able to spend all their money unless they were really stupid, and they're not. Money is power. It's power they seek. Money is thee tool for gaining power. The more money you have, the more power you have. It's that simple. Virtually all of them believe they should be in control, and some of them believe they should control the world. All of the high-ranking leaders of authoritarian countries believe the world should serve them. Many heads of multinational corporations believe the same thing. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Charles Koch, and Mark Zuckerburg are prime examples. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are prime examples of heads of state who seek power for themselves. They are all maneuvering - fighting for more control over as much of the world as they can grab. They are addicted to power, and they're addicted to the game they play to gain it. They are also addicted to winning, sometimes, any way possible, even when others get hurt by their actions. It's a cold and brutal game with extremely wealthy bullies at the table. They are the ones who feel entitled because of the power they yield. We, the people are ultimately to blame, because we continually vote for people who are obviously on the dole from billionaire sponsors. How can legislators represent the masses when big corporate money is paying to put them into office? Eighty-five percent of elections are won by the candidate with the most money. That's a fairly old link, but not much has changed. That's why I am a fan of people like Bernie Sanders and AOC. They refuse corporate donations and help from corporate owned and controlled PACs. Only when we rectify our system of campaign financing can we even hope for reasonably honest politicians. CEO to worker wages: |
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