Work Reform

This is going to be so great for the Rich People's Pedo Island Money.

So when do you start doing actual work, Oz?

If we WANT to Fix the Debt we need to ~~Tax like 5 REALLY Rich People!~~ Get RID of Retirement!

Garbage people produce garbage ideas.

Why not pay off the debt by reducing military spending by 90% for the next thirty years. We would still be in the top three countries for military spending.

This shitty idea is a thousand times better than anything Oz could come up with.

Increased productivity means jack shit when the results of said productivity are being sucked up by people at the top.

The thing is that he's right, but will these sleazy fucks do anything to actually make it happen? Well let's see what they're to implement...

• A universal healthcare system so Americans are healthier and less stressed? Nope
• Free college so Americans can start their careers as efficiently as possible? Nope
• Free universal daycare for all American parents so they could focus on their careers without being to stressed about where to take their kids? Nope
• Raising the minimum wage to something livable so people don't depend on government programs? Nope
• Investing in public transport so people can more reliably commute to work and find new jobs? Nope
• Strengthening worker rights to ensure that workers are taken care of, thus ensuring their longevity and productivity? Nope
• Passing union friendly policies while prosecuting union busting businesses to make sure American workers feel their hard work isn't being taken advantage of? Nope
• Regulating hazardous workplace conditions to ensure the safety of workers? Nope

So what they fuck do they mean by this? They clearly don't care about the debt or the well being of Americans since they're not willing to do anything about either. No, what they want are results without any of the work needed to achieve it. They're not looking for a more productive economy, they're looking for slaves.

Two of the three points he made are total horseshit, but let's not throw out that last one:

If we could get the average American to ~~start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later --not retire -- or~~ work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy.

Universal Health Care fucking now.

Or if we tax billionaires and corporations…

Or we could make it illegal to be a billionaire.

I hope Dr Oz is killed in front of his family

Or we could stop lying about what the national debt is and tax the wealthy to destroy their absurd power.

https://mmt101.substack.com/p/mmt-basics-national-debt-defined

My favorite are the ones that complain about how nobody wants to work and everybody's lazy. Yet, they themselves stopped working in their mid-50s after fighting for years to get on disability for their unhealthy lifestyles (obesity & cigarettes).

Adding $3 trillion in GDP would not remove the debt anyway. Assholes like this one don't even understand how GDP is calculated nor what it means.

as an aside - Read somewhere that this argument that the government can't afford all of these things like healthcare, infrastructure, etc. that would help most people is bullshit. Since the federal government prints it's own money there is nothing that it can't afford. We spent 3 - 8 trillion on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars alone. And when people argue that it will increase inflation - sure maybe, but if you tax wealthy people more it can cover part or all of the newly printed money.

Note: I'm a bit of an idiot about this stuff - so this article could be completely off base and I just wouldn't know.

Of course, I've already seen this future. As soon as you have a meaningful amount of labor value to extract, it's straight to work for you. You work until all your labor value is extracted. "Oh, you're ready to retire? Well, alright. If you'll just come back here behind this woodshed and face the wall, we can discuss your plans." Your boss says as he pulls a revolver...

If we emptied the account of every rich asshole like this we would achieve the same thing AND lose a whole class of dickbags that think they should be in charge.

Already trying to roll back child labor laws under trump’s previous administration. Why did they decide to pay attention now?

Fresh out of highschool? Wtf... Are kids really not getting jobs while still going to highschool anymore...

We were getting jobs as soon as law allowed us.

Am I out of touch or is this guy just an extreme privileged cunt?

Instead of trying to extend the prole's work life by a couple years, we COULD tax billion-dollar companies and their owners by 2% more and make three times as much money!

But we can't! Sorry. Our hands are tied

Also, can't afford minimum wage increase this year, the budget is tight

Oh! Almost forgot! We need a raise of 10% this year, and it's time for our winter break! After winter break, it's spring break. Then we will come back to "work" to pass more important legislation, right before our summer break.

You don't get breaks every year? Damn. Well, life is not fair what can we do later gator

Just work better 4Head

Yeah I didn't make that debt. You pay it.

“Please stay in the corporate meat grinder so we can have enough money to fuck kids then bomb them”

Fuck the debt, but since we're living longer we should be contributing to society longer. Not amazon, but something like growing weed in your basement. Or crops in backyard for farmers market.