Lefties have most of the loot...

[icenine]

I was just reading about the Davos get together in Chris Hayes' Twilight Of The Elites.
He said it is a demonstration about the uber rich still trying to go that extra hill to get to the very top...google C. S. Lewis and the Inner Ring speech. Hayes points out it is an exercise in humility and paranoia for those who are rich enough to go. The 1 percent are bussed to the chateau while the .0001 percent are flown in from Zurich on private whirly birds. The "humiliation" is on purpose. The 1 percent will do all things moral or not to get in the inner ring of those fortunate to get flown in. Something about a fractal model for wealth and status.

Probably why with all his money Trump still felt the need for the Presidency.

[icenine]

http://www.lewissociety.org/innerring.php

Good reading.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

You're talking about the very people I grew up around. Ohio = Coal and steel. Democrats who have become Trump-drones, because they think he's going to give them their ____ back. The irony is that now, they now support Republicans.......You know, the party that has been telling them to just move on, find another way, lift yourself up for the last 40-50 years? Do you know anyone who has done little more with his life other than bellyache and toss around blame over some job he lost 30 years ago? I do.

Tell me you see no irony there?

Then one would expect a smidgen of sympathy on your part, but what creeps through is utter contempt.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

The one would expect a smidgen of sympathy on your part, but what creeps through is utter contempt.

I read a statement of reality. Coal jobs are not going to come back, period for any number of reasons. Same with manufacturing jobs. The best politicians can do is to impose tariffs on those that manufacture outside the US and sell it here thus avoiding employment taxes. Otherwise where is the incentive to manufacture goods here?

If a company wants to move all of it's manufacturing outside the US, there is not law to stop it. Do the Trump supporters know this?

(There may be exceptions for those are under a government contract).

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

I read a statement of reality.

Indeed, but post#6 is awfully couched.