Here's Who Deserves Austerity.

[Octafish]

Tax them who've made a killing off Wall Street Welfare, War Inc., and Trickle Down Robin Hood in Reverse Economics. Then, we can afford to fix all our problems.

Source: http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. the politicians have squandered our money on Iraq and other wasteful things

[Octafish]

3. The most intelligent people warned them...

No WMDs didn't matter. Nor the Trillion dollar just to get out the door, plus interest. They even used their positions to cash in on the action.

It's clear for whom the politicians toil, a majority anyways.

[Warpy]

2. The Pentagon needs austerity the most

followed closely by any industry that is on the public dole that is also showing a profit and/or paying its top executive more than a six figure salary package.

Then perhaps we can concentrate on the 0.1%, the hedge fund managers and their main clients, giving them the transaction tax we all so desperately need in this country to unskew the markets and take the profit out of computer trading.

[Octafish]

4. Shrink the MIC to where it can defend the nation, not patrol the world.

Empires all go broke, and they destroy the Republic upon which they stand.



Taxing financial transactions is an outstanding idea. I'd add a French style wealth surcharge, to harness the ill-gotten gains of the last 32 years.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/187077-david-stockman-on-the-single-most-drastic-error-in-policy-in-modern-history

[panader0]

5. yes

[jsr]

7. Great find.