Category Archives: Common Wealth

Taxes protect and empower our common wealth, what we all share. Protection and empowerment serve the common good. Because of our common wealth, we are all protected and America’s empowering infrastructure is available to all. That is a fundamental America value: the common wealth should serve the common good. It benefits everyone.

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

Fiscal Conservatism Has It’s Place – Just Not at the Federal Level

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Andy Hailey

If the federal government were forced into fiscal conservatism and had to balance its budget instead of balancing the economy, our economy could not be rescued or protected from another financial crisis nor could it help solve national problems like it did after other Great Recessions, or needs to do now to minimize the Sixth Great Extinction. Continue reading →

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What I Would Teach a Child in My Care

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Andy Hailey

That self-made individuals are a myth. That empathy is natural and requires nurturing. That we are all responsible for ourselves and each other. That equality is an honorable goal. That we must protect and preserve our common wealth for our … Continue reading →

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Citizenship Dues and Non-profit Investing – Creating and Maintaining the Middle Class

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Our recent history shows us how we created and maintained a prosperous middle class and still had a Forbes 400 to write about. The Greatest Generation can add this to their list of accomplishments. Not only is average per capita … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=1963" title="Pay your citizenship dues based on how much of the nations resources you used" target="_blank">Freedom Isn’t Free – What Are We Willing to Pay For It?</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/why-we-need-investment-budget-1360679970" title="No rational business would borrow to finance current salaries but not to pay for critical new machinery." target="_blank">Why We Need an Investment Budget</a>
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Moral Principles – What Conservatives Know and Progressives Take for Granted

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Recent political ads lie about President Obama and his suggestions to the states on the national welfare program. As stated in a recent Truthout article, the producers of these ads are targeting “white working class voters” who harbor “deep resentment … Continue reading →

  • More ...: <a href="http://www.thelittleblueblog.org/the-little-blue-book-3/" title="THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THINKING AND TALKING DEMOCRATIC" target="_blank">The Little Blue Book</a>
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Hundreds of Millions of Consumers Create Jobs – Not Millions in Tax Breaks for the Mega and Ultra Rich

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Andy Hailey

Conservatives without conscience (CWC) are imagining that the mega and ultra rich will create jobs if they are certain they can keep their excessive tax breaks. The only thing certain about job creation is – it’s not happening. First of … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.cbpp.org/files/2-28-09tax.pdf" target="_blank" title="Restoring the top two tax rates as proposed would affect fewer than 1.9 percent offilers with any small-business income in 2009">VERY FEW SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD FACE TAX INCREASES UNDER PRESIDENT’S BUDGET</a>, <a href="http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/webfeatures_snapshots_20081022/" target="_blank" title="Not only are many of these stimulus options more effective, but they also have the added benefit of assisting those hardest hit by the downturn">Stimulating the economy - Maximum economic bang for the buck</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/22-statistics-that-prove-the-middle-class-is-being-systematically-wiped-out-of-existence-in-america-2010-7" target="_blank" title="United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world, but now that is changing at a blinding pace.">22 Statistics That Prove The Middle Class Is Being Systematically Wiped Out</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-inequality-in-america-2011-11?slop=1#slideshow-starthttp://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-inequality-in-america-2011-11?slop=1#slideshow-start" target="_blank" title="our average wages are still falling behind inflation, and social mobility is at an all-time low"> 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America</a>
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Redistribution of America’s Income – More for The Mega Rich or the Common Wealth?

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Andy Hailey

In summary, America’s common wealth has been hit by a triple whammy: tax cuts for the rich far larger that can be considered fair, tax refunds to the rich via privateering, and by a shift of household income into the excessively reduced upper tax brackets. In addition, accountability for the nation’s common wealth has been transferred from our elected representatives and handed over to rich individuals mostly accountable to themselves and corporate CEOs who are only accountable to shareholders. The ultimate effect of all this transfer of wealth and accountability is that our government less able to protect and empower its citizens.

It’s time we all realize that privateering and tax cuts favoring the very wealthy are not what America needs. Just look at where they have gotten us – The Great Recession, a growing plutocracy, consumer debt at 100 percent of GDP, banks too big to fail, and ultimately the deaths of fellow citizens. Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://baselinescenario.com/2009/12/01/feudal-lords-of-finance/" target="_blank" title="What are the odds that our financial super-rich will want to build democracy and strengthen the middle class?">Feudal Lords Of Finance</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-warren/america-without-a-middle_b_377829.html" target="_blank" title="America without a strong middle class? Unthinkable, but the once-solid foundation is shaking.">America Without a Middle Class</a>, <a href="http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html" target="_blank" title="In 2007, 20 percent of Americans owned 80 percent of the nations wealth.">Wealth, Income, and Power by G. William Domhoff</a>
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Freedom Isn’t Free – What Are We Willing to Pay For It?

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Andy Hailey

Before deciding what freedom is worth to us in this time of financial catastrophe and preemptive war, let’s take a look at what freedom was worth to another generation of Americans. The table below shows the U.S. tax rates and … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Great-Tax-Con-Job-by-Thom-Hartmann-090721-79.html" target="_blank" title="A very small niche of America's uber-wealthy have pulled off what may well be the biggest con job in the history of our republic">The Great Tax Con Job</a>
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Causation – Paying Taxes Contributes to Everyone’s Success

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Andy Hailey

… paying taxes supports America’s infrastructure and improves the chances of success for all citizens. However, cutting taxes, as the CWCs suggest, especially for the mega rich, only increases the chances of success of the mega rich. Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/16/556" target="_blank" title="Understanding the hidden truths behind progressive taxation might also lead to more coherent-and more just-tax policies.">Progressive Taxation: Some Hidden Truths</a>
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Common Wealth – Key to Our Democracy and Threatened by a Growing Aristocracy

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Andy Hailey

” … to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start, and a fair chance in the race of life. “ In my previous posting, I provided a list of critical factors that compare … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/research/lakoff/progressive-taxation-some-hidden-truths.html" target="_blank" title="Progressive taxation—taxing the wealthy at higher rates than the poor—is a moral issue. ">Progressive Taxation: Some Hidden Truths</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-beinhart/time-for-tax-hikes_b_156423.html" target="_blank" title="Nobody likes to give up their own money for the common good.">Time for Tax Hikes</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff-and-bruce-budner/progressive-taxation-som_b_45927.html" target="_blank" title="Senator Barack Obama on the proposed repeal of the estate tax, posted on his Web site on June 7, 2006.">OBAMA ON THE ESTATE TAX</a>, <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE1DD113BF935A15755C0A9659C8B63 " target="_blank" title="400 richest people in US">400 Richest's Share of Income Grew Even Bigger</a>
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