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Rolling Stone's 5 economic reforms millenials should support
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:13 pm
1. Guaranteed Work for Everybody
2. Social Security for All
3. Take Back The Land
4. Make Everything Owned by Everybody
5. A Public Bank in Every State
From the "Take Back The Land" section:
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Seriously? It reads like a 15 yr old that read Karl Marx and thought it was like totally cool. Who the frick is Jesse Myerson other than a communist?
2. Social Security for All
3. Take Back The Land
4. Make Everything Owned by Everybody
5. A Public Bank in Every State
From the "Take Back The Land" section:
quote:
Ever noticed how much landlords blow? They don't really do anything to earn their money. They just claim ownership of buildings and charge people who actually work for a living the majority of our incomes for the privilege of staying in boxes that these owners often didn't build and rarely if ever improve. In a few years, my landlord will probably sell my building to another landlord and make off with the appreciated value of the land s/he also claims to own – which won't even get taxed, as long as s/he ploughs it right back into more real estate. Think about how stupid that is. The value of the land has nothing to do with my idle, remote landlord; it reflects the nearby parks and subways and shops, which I have access to thanks to the community and the public. So why don't the community and the public derive the value and put it toward uses that benefit everyone? Because capitalism, is why. The most mainstream way of flipping the script is a simple land-value tax. By targeting wealthy real estate owners and their free rides, we can fight inequality and poverty directly, make disastrous asset price bubbles impossible and curb Wall Street's hideous bloat. There are cooler ideas out there, too: Municipalities themselves can be big-time landowners, and groups can even create large-scale community land trusts so that the land is held in common. In any case, we have to stop letting rich people pretend they privately own what nature provided everyone.
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Seriously? It reads like a 15 yr old that read Karl Marx and thought it was like totally cool. Who the frick is Jesse Myerson other than a communist?
This post was edited on 1/3/14 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:20 pm to cwill
i thought that whole "landlords don't produce anything" shite died after a single news cycle in 2013?
because giving subsidized financing to poor people in order for them to finance real estate didn't just lead to a fricking bubble and certainly slowed the growth/impact of wall street
quote:
By targeting wealthy real estate owners and their free rides, we can fight inequality and poverty directly, make disastrous asset price bubbles impossible and curb Wall Street's hideous bloat.
because giving subsidized financing to poor people in order for them to finance real estate didn't just lead to a fricking bubble and certainly slowed the growth/impact of wall street
This post was edited on 1/3/14 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:24 pm to cwill
He probably thinks this meme is correct as well.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:26 pm to Sentrius
i'm reading the whole thing now. is this an onion article?
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:27 pm to SlowFlowPro
I don't even know where to begin.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:27 pm to cwill
quote:support
1. Guaranteed Work for Everybody
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:27 pm to cwill
quote:
The most mainstream way of flipping the script is a simple land-value tax.
He wants his landlord's taxes to go up.
Like the landlord won't pass it right on to him.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:28 pm to cwill
I'm not even gonna waste my time with this shite.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:28 pm to SlowFlowPro
It's advocating communism...and I'm not one for hyperbole...it's pathetic....even the writing...it's just childish.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:29 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
quote: 1. Guaranteed Work for Everybody support
You're an idiot.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:31 pm to cwill
Oh lord.
We have a mutual friend on Facebook.
Myerson was a theater major at Bard and is currently employed as a community organizer.
We have a mutual friend on Facebook.
Myerson was a theater major at Bard and is currently employed as a community organizer.
This post was edited on 1/3/14 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:34 pm to cwill
So Rolling Stone is publicly supporting Communism now?
Wow, I hope this is just satire.
Wow, I hope this is just satire.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:34 pm to cwill
Comments are pretty good.
But consider the source.
A communist troll that thinks his rent was too damn high.
But consider the source.
quote:
Product of the New York City public school system. Encyclopedia of pop music. Polemicist, debater. Musician, theater director, teacher of children. Fundamentalist in defense of free speech. Graduate of Bard College. Adherent to Frederick Douglass’s philosophy of reform. Vigorous Shakespeare enthusiast. Socialite, socialist. Fan of wordplay, losing sports teams and British television comedies.
A communist troll that thinks his rent was too damn high.
This post was edited on 1/3/14 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:34 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:quote:support
1. Guaranteed Work for Everybody
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:37 pm to cwill
quote:
Seriously? It reads like a 15 yr old that read Karl Marx and thought it was like totally cool. Who the frick is Jesse Myerson other than a communist?
He comes off as an incredibly stupid entitled hippie who doesn't have a clue how the world works. Seriously, getting pissed off at a landlord for asking for your money, not to mention the other stupid shite he's putting down?
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:38 pm to RogerTheShrubber
He's in full defense mode on twitter claiming it's not communist and spewing nonsensical blabber about a public trust...and apparently a number of folks have asked if it's satire.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:42 pm to cwill
I cut off my subscription back in 05 or so because of their ridiculous "journalism". It looks as though they have doubled down.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:43 pm to cwill
quote:gold star for you.
You're
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:44 pm to cwill
One of the few times I wish I remembered the twitter login my sister set up for me. Would be entertained by his defense.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:48 pm to cwill
Man, that really is stupid. Even Matt Taibbi would say so.
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