Showing posts with label Ayn Rand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ayn Rand. Show all posts

Monday, May 13, 2013

Ayn Rand USA: In 20 Years Corporate Profits Are Up 4X and Their Taxes Have Fallen by 50% -- Meanwhile the Workers' Payroll Tax Has Doubled | Alternet

Ayn Rand USA: In 20 Years Corporate Profits Are Up 4X and Their Taxes Have Fallen by 50% -- Meanwhile the Workers' Payroll Tax Has Doubled | Alternet
"Ayn Rand's philosophy suggests that average working people are 'takers.' In reality, those in the best position to make money take all they can get, with no scruples about their working class victims, because  taking, in the minds of the rich, serves as a model for success. The strategy involves tax avoidance, in numerous forms."

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Republicans Fulfill Their Cruel Ayn Rand Obsession With the Sequester | Alternet

Republicans Fulfill Their Cruel Ayn Rand Obsession With the Sequester | Alternet
"America has the lowest tax rates of any developed country on the planet and the rich have a greater share of national wealth than at any point in our history. But poverty is stuck at a decades-high level, black and Latino wealth is the lowest ever recorded, and America remains flat on its back after the worst economic downturn in almost a hundred years.
Contrary to the “starve the beast” philosophy, holding up the 1 percent andweakening economic opportunity for the 99 percent has enfeebled America, not strengthened it."