Notices by MKW (mkw@mstdn.social)

@jonoabroad @Stoat @ryanhoulihan So… janitors and brain surgeons should get paid the same?

@Stoat @jonoabroad @ryanhoulihan I’m a firm believer in progressive, regulated capitalism. Think the US in the 50s and 60s. BTW, the top tax rate back then was as high as 94%. We need that kind of rate today.
The give-everything-to-the-rich bullshit we have now is unsustainable and fucking-up everything from the climate to housing to the media.
What kind of system would you prefer?

@Stoat @ryanhoulihan @jonoabroad lol, no.
Inequality as a record-lows in the late 70s. IMO, that’s why interest rates were so high and stock prices were so low. Rich people provide investment capital.
By the late 80s, inequality was in the sweet spot. Since then, it’s gone crazy.

@ryanhoulihan @jonoabroad Well, there was a brief period in the early 80s when their policies worked. That’s all I can think of…

@Stoat @ryanhoulihan @jonoabroad I said “early 80s”—when inequality went from too low to healthy. Since then, I agree, it’s been a disaster!