Senator Elizabeth Warren: Taxing the Rich is not "Class Warfare"

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Scientists are inquisitive people.  The world is made up of many connected systems - which in total makes the world incomprehensible as one entire system.  In scientific research, scientists tend to break down a complex system into component systems.  These systems are parameterized into components in which scientists can ask meaningful questions.



What about the world at large?  Who has the most information regarding complex systems?  The answer is Congress.  Congress makes laws and regulations about the operation in the United States (and sometimes beyond).



Senator Elizabeth Warren has been closing in over the last few years on the wealthy and their tax cuts which benefit only the 1% with the reality of capitalism in America:

“There’s nobody in this country who got rich on his own — nobody,” she said in a clip that went viral. “You built a factory out there? Good for you! But I want to be clear: You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces the rest of us paid for.”

She ended: “You built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea? God bless! Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is, you take a hunk of that and pay it forward for the next kid who comes along.”

Taxing, the wealthy is not class warfare.  Redistributing wealth is not a phenomenon that is associated with class warfare.  Realizing that corporations should pay their fair share for actions on the corporations part is essential.  When a lobbyist is present in Congress, the person (lobbyist) representing the corporation is fighting for the bottom line of the corporation.  The reality is that the lobbyist is really viewing the situation in a tiny bubble -- pretending that the world is not connected. 



The actions on the part of corporations should be monitored (and are) by a body of representatives with 'connected facts.'  Congressional representatives tend to jump on their soapboxes to speak about all of their constituents who are being impacted by a bill (either positively or negatively).  Elected politicians should emphasize connectivity in our world.  Division springs up where connectivity is de-emphasized.  Which is sad.



When the electorate educates the citizens about connectivity, then each of us has a greater sense of one another's purpose in the entirety of the world.  Each of us matters.  Our individual contributions do matter.  When a business person or scientist stands up and brags about his/her accomplishments in climbing the professional ladder, the public should return to the paragraph by Senator Elizabeth Warren above.  To remind themselves that their contribution/success depends on many other peoples contributions/successes too.  We are all connected in some manner.  We just have to be willing to learn along with looking more in-depth for the connections (i.e., contributions).



Until next time, have a great weekend!



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