re: Reagonomics / Citizen's United

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We just differ on the intent of the Founding Fathers as to whether pooling vast sums of money for corporate interests is protected 1A speech or not.

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Once again, Citizens United was not about “pooling vast sums of money for corporate interests.” It would serve you well to maybe read a one-pager on the actual case.

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Overall though, my target is how the wealthy can buy off politicians in ways the middle class cannot. I do not believe the FF's intended this, and you do probably agree with me when stated this way

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I absolutely do agree with this premise. But it’s not “the wealthy” that are buying off politicians. A guy who owns a car dealership isn’t affecting legislation on a national level. AT&T and GE are.

Are multinational corporations part of the ills of society today? Almost certainly yes.

And to be clear, I’m not opposed to a special tax on the ultra wealthy. Even if it’s for purely punitive reasons. If they want to use the government to increase their stock value, they can pay 10% more in taxes.

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loss of the middle class

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That has happened due to wealth redistribution policies of the left. They want to wipe out the middle class and have the elite/ruling class, and the working poor class. People get stuck on racial because that is the carrot they use to distract while they wage class warfare. Had nothing to do with Reaganomics.

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That's not the equation. When you get more entities out of political donations you get the final goal of the left for the last 60 years:
All info will come free of charge via MSM.

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Like 808Bass, you got me reconsidering some of my positions. You got me thinking on this one

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but the ultra wealthy types and C-suite types have rewarded us with shoving ESG/DEI down our throats and supporting BLM.

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You don't have to resort to culture war BS. They have rewarded the American worker with longer hours, higher demand, less time off, lower wages and worse benefits. And that's just in the jobs they haven't shipped overseas.

It is corporate greed that has gutted communities and gutted the middle class. Gone are the days of generations of families working in the same factory producing goods for their own country. Gone are the days of your average American worker being able to work a reasonable schedule, earn a pension and good benefits, all the while being able to provide for their family without both parents working all day/night.

Culture war and racial division is used by both parties to pit American workers against one another and prevent them from realizing that they are one in the same vis a vis where they stand in the political and economic pecking order.

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You don't have to resort to culture war BS.

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He can state whatever he likes. You’re not his real mom.

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It is corporate greed that has gutted communities and gutted the middle class

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I don't think it's corporate greed as much as it is government regulations, liabilities, etc.

if the federal gov weren't subsidizing the companies in the form of welfare, etc. they would have to pay their employees more money or they wouldn't have any.

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To pick on Walmart for example (and they are not alone... just using them as an example)

They pay their employees crap and those employees don't care because they go and get food stamps and health insurance from the government, which supplements their pay.

Walmart then sells products (food, pharmacy drugs, etc) to the same government via those food stamps and government welfare healthcare benefits.

The government is literarily buying food from Walmart for Walmart employees so Walmart doesn't have to pay their employees enough to buy food. Walmart gets expanded sales and has less wage expense.

That directly benefits management and shareholders.

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very well articulated