Why does this go forever unchallenged? Truly, what’s the real deal breakdown on these wealthy people who supposedly create all these jobs for us plain folk? I need a job, where’s my wealthy job creator, I need an address.
How many of these nameless wealthy people needing tax breaks inherited their wealth, never worked for it, never actually built a company with employees, just had it transferred to them at the reading? Maybe changed brokers; the end.
How many of these oh so vital job creators don’t even get their income from any kind of tangible business source at all but live, very well thank you, off of stock piled dollars, money making money? Making money off of money in and of itself does not create jobs but it does grow personal wealth. One does not invest in order to create jobs, one invests to net a return, the gain or loss of jobs is irrelevant. Not illegal but not job creation either, and certainly not noble.
Seriously, how many of these so called job creators have sought out and invested in start-ups that do employ people but are both risky and often don’t pay out anything for years if at all? And even when these investments are made, how many are initially calculated as losses to offset tax liabilities?
If republicans are going to constantly refer to wealthy people as the job creators then these wealthy people need to be thrown into a spreadsheet . . . . break it down for us plain folk, slap a pie chart on it, show us the money, where it came from, where it went and who got a god damn job out of it.
And the progressives and the media need to quit letting this job creators propaganda slide by day after day unchallenged, demanding no proof. Where’s the fact checking? The legitimacy of the job creators argument is paramount in the tax/budget debate being shoveled at the electorate.
Footnote:
How many years has Romney benefited from capital gains tax breaks?
When was the last year Romney started a company that created jobs?
Power to the People
Port Tack 
Well, you have made excellent points, but where is it mandated that anyone has to play fair? Why would a person submit to being put on a spreadsheet if he or she didn’t have to? Why would the media, or anyone else for that matter, suddenly stop being self-serving? Justice, as proven by our court systems and the votes in favor of gerrymandering, as just one example, has lost its meaning. As long as the majority, which includes the far right to the far left agendas, look to our leaders as “fathers” we will be told what is fair and we will let the media and money do as they please. As Obama has pointed out, it’s going to take a long time to unearth and repair the damage that has been done. What kind of Power do the People need to enforce justice or truth as a necessary value, or to expose a system that is basically corrupt? What are the practical tools we need?
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