Dems need to do better and can do better.

[Heywood]

Yes they do prioritize themselves and their families first. However they have a responsibility to the rest of the country, because they are wealthy. Is it Hypocrisy? I don't know. I just know that sending jobs overseas will increase unemployment, and less money will be circulating through our economy. My mom likes to say we should leave the wealthy alone because they create jobs, but those jobs aren't helping us if they're in other countries.

Am I a selfish hypocrite? I don't know, and I don't care all that much. I care about people, but I still care about myself and my loved ones more than I do strangers.

If you can say you don't have a responsibility to the rest of the world, why can't they say they don't have a responsibility to the rest of the country? Or why can't they just claim they are honoring their larger responsibility to the world and giving the jobs to the people who want it the most?

I don't fault you for caring about yourself and your loved ones more than other people. Your fault lies in criticizing people for being greedy...when you are greedy. Your fault lies criticizing people for wanting to use the government for personal gain at the expense of others...when you yourself want to use the government for personal gain at the expense of others.

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There is plenty of money out there, it's just that the rich have it all. So the answer is punitive taxes on the rich. They can afford it.

Money doesn't make people better off. Stuff makes people better off. I don't care how many 0s rich people have on their ledgers. I want their stuff. But if you took all the rich people's stuff and divided it up among everyone...you wouldn't notice a difference in your standard of living....they just don't have enough stuff.

How do you actually make people better off? Make more stuff.