The stagnation of the middle class in America has everything to do with globalism, and nothing to do with a lack of socialism.

The only thing that simply doesn't work is socialism, but hey, get looted more.

I really love the same old arguments like "PAY ON YOUR OWN" "TAXES ARE THEFT" "CHARITY" and whatnot. I know supply-side economics sounds good on paper and it was well worth the try, but empiric data strongly suggests that the trickle-down logic has largely failed -- both the United States and, to a lesser extent, the United Kingdom are good examples for this: the middle-class evaporates while most of them head downwards, the manufacturing sector has been shipped off and mostly retail jobs return, household debt explodes, income inequality is on third world levels, public schooling is awfully bad which reaches well into the undergraduate level so especially the US has to rely on foreign talent, infrastructure is falling apart... and so forth.

As for voluntary charity instead of governmental redistribution: it simply doesn't work. The problem isn't only that people don't donate on their own, but also that public pooling of money is vastly more effective than many small charity foundations throwing money at some projects. Our economic system has a lot of elements that lead to redistribution from the bottom to the top, so it's hard to argue against a high marginal tax rate.

Sure you can argue on the basis that you should be the one to decide what happens to your money, but the benefits a society gains from subsidizing certain services is definitely higher than the few dollars off my paycheck. Just compare the quality of living in some European higher tax countries to the US.

GLOBALISMZ you say? Alright then, thanks for the argument. It's a matter of politics how countries deal with international trade.

Either way, back to web development.

I was arguing with someone over that the last night. Giving to charity doesn't really fix much, especially when those charities have administrative cost.  The government has far better tools at their disposal to fix a lot of issue that affect America, and throwing pocket change on the street isn't going to do much. Especially when some of these charities are 501(c)3 Tax shelters for some of these rich folks.

CAPATALIZAM U SAY?  CLEARLY CAPATALIZAM IS AT FAULT FOR BAD TRADE POLICIES.

PS-UR GAY

I'm not the one throwing words like socialism and globalism around. I also never said anything against capitalism. Try to finish school, it helps.. and stop calling other people stupid, you're the last one in the position of doing so.

Governments don't have administrative costs higher than private charities <----Iori Logic.

I'm not the one throwing words like socialism and globalism around. I also never said anything against capitalism. Try to finish school, it helps.. and stop calling other people stupid, you're the last one in the position of doing so.

Baaahahaha private charities having higher overhead than the ******* national bloated government?  That is a gem.

I didn't say they have higher overhead. I said they have overhead. Try reading.