But why? From my petty used-to-be-middle-class perspective, I cannot relate to what skin it is off their noses to live and let live a little bit. Seems bizarre. I seem to remember an interview years ago with maybe the richest man (oil) in Norway. The American business media asked, why didn't he relocate to some place where his taxes would be so much lower, and he said: because I like living in a country where people are happy. Sorry: long since lost the cite: sure it's not apocryphal.....
Because since FDR тАЬbusiness peopleтАЭ have fought against everything that would limit their right to amass more wealth. They donтАЩt want тАЬtheirтАЭ tax dollars paying for anything that doesnтАЩt enrich themselves personally. They can afford a doctor when sick, or tutors for home schooling their children, so they donтАЩt want to subsidize those things for people that canтАЩt afford them - nor do they want the workers to unite & demand better pay. Unlike what we were led to believe (at least I was), Americans are not one big happy family. As times get more difficult weтАЩve become unhappy & looking for someone to blame.
Billionaires for jingoism and citizens united. Billionaires love SCOTUS. Billionaires for Trump.
But why? From my petty used-to-be-middle-class perspective, I cannot relate to what skin it is off their noses to live and let live a little bit. Seems bizarre. I seem to remember an interview years ago with maybe the richest man (oil) in Norway. The American business media asked, why didn't he relocate to some place where his taxes would be so much lower, and he said: because I like living in a country where people are happy. Sorry: long since lost the cite: sure it's not apocryphal.....
Because since FDR тАЬbusiness peopleтАЭ have fought against everything that would limit their right to amass more wealth. They donтАЩt want тАЬtheirтАЭ tax dollars paying for anything that doesnтАЩt enrich themselves personally. They can afford a doctor when sick, or tutors for home schooling their children, so they donтАЩt want to subsidize those things for people that canтАЩt afford them - nor do they want the workers to unite & demand better pay. Unlike what we were led to believe (at least I was), Americans are not one big happy family. As times get more difficult weтАЩve become unhappy & looking for someone to blame.