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Forum Post: The Job Creators - The Social Contract....

Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 10, 2011, 8:36 p.m. EST by ithinkergoiam (201)
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ithinkergoiam1 points 2 minutes ago

Job Creators have benefited on the receiving end of the “Social Contract”:

Publically Funded School System

Publically Funded Legal System

Publically Funded Patent System

Publically Funded Agriculture System (i.e. Food)

Publically Funded Defense System

Publically Funded Postal System

Publically Funded Highway System

Publically Funded Railroad System

Publically Funded Bridge System

Publically Funded Airport System

Publically Funded Air Traffic Control System

Publically Funded Air Safety System

Publically Funded Shipping and Maritime System

Publically Funded Telecommunications Infrastructure System

Publically Funded Food Safety System

Publically Funded Power Generation System

Publically Funded Electrical Distribution System

Publically Funded Water Distribution System

Publically Funded Water Treatment System

Publically Funded Environmental Oversight System

Publically Funded Environmental Remediation System

Publically Funded Coastal Remediation and Maintenance System

Publically Funded Forest Resource Oversight System

Publically Funded Public Safety Systems

•Police •Fire •Civil Defense •FEMA •Medical Emergency Response •National Guard Publically Funded Disaster Warning Systems

Publically Funded Disease Control System

Publically Funded Disease Research (Center For Disease)

Publically Funded Medical Research System

Publically Funded Research and Development

Publically funded creation of the Transistor

Publically funded creation of the entire Semiconductor Industry as we know it...

Publically funded creation of the Digital Computer

Publically funded creation of the Internet

Publically funded creation of the Global Positioning System (GPS)

Publically funded creation of the Cell Phone

Publically funded creation of “Spread Spectrum” Radio

Publically funded creation of the countless (i.e. thousands) of other modern day conveniences, appliances, devices, software, and other technologies - in such areas as: •Energy •Medicine •Biotechnology •Nanotechnology •Aerospace •Software •Structural Engineering •Civil Engineering •Building Construction •Ship Construction •Airplane Design and Safety •Robotics •Etc... •Etc...

Not to mention, Publically Funding the rebuilding of Europe and Japan after World War II

Publically Funding the Security of the “Free and Democratic World”

Publically Funding the Fall of the Communist Soviet Union (Cold War)

Publically Funding the lions share of the rise of the Communist Chinese.....

Publically Funding the lions share of the “Rise of the Global Economy” through our public investments – investments that many of the world’s countries are now exploiting for profit (and we aren’t)....

Despite all of these benefits accrued by the Job Creators in their rise to the top economically, they are now breaking their end of the “Social Contract” by creating all of the jobs overseas....

PS – On the issue of taxes, since the “Job Creators” own over 84 percent of all the wealth in the Nation, shouldn't they pay 84 percent of all the taxes?

They don’t...

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[-] 1 points by Uguysarenuts (270) 13 years ago

What about the losers who pay no tax, get your head out of the sand.

[-] 1 points by looselyhuman (3117) 13 years ago

Nice. Don't forget all the "externalities" in terms of costs borne by the system but never accounted for, like health problems and environmental destruction from industrial activites, non-renewable resources depleted, etc... Although I suppose some are partially factored into the list.