tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post4676002488635707625..comments2023-12-08T12:50:34.303-08:00Comments on W.C. Varones: Government-sponsored income inequality in the U.S.W.C. Varoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663570682958847976noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-41397835186795100342011-02-08T21:01:13.587-08:002011-02-08T21:01:13.587-08:00W.C.
Keep up the good work on keeping us informed ...W.C.<br />Keep up the good work on keeping us informed on the Wall Street-Washington nexus. You do us all a service. This bears repeating:<br /><br />The Wall Street - Washington cabal is far too deep and intertwined to be restrained by campaign finance rules, and they will always find a way to push the burden of higher tax rates onto the middle class while buying loopholes for themselves.B-Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880092017105841256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-46913513942134025672011-01-29T05:28:13.535-08:002011-01-29T05:28:13.535-08:00The United States started off with limited governm...The United States started off with limited government run by the rich but the rich don't want limited government because by setting the rules that's how they get to stay rich and become richer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-1917584731833536862011-01-26T07:43:26.787-08:002011-01-26T07:43:26.787-08:00FROM WCV: "There have been political changes...FROM WCV: "There have been political changes in the US that allow the extreme high end to garner more wealth. Ultimately, it represents a failure of our society to take account of the fact that the extreme high end can lobby and can organise for its own interests, and we’ve let it happen."<br /><br />FROM JDA: "In 1860, the 3,185 slaves in the District of Columbia were owned by just two percent of the District's residents. In April 1862, Lincoln arranged to have a bill introduced in Congress that would compensate District slave-holders an average of $300 for each slave."<br /><br />Seeing any parallels my friends? To use a Talking Heads line from Once in a Lifetime: "Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was."<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-58622217259820641572011-01-25T06:59:44.600-08:002011-01-25T06:59:44.600-08:00WCV:
Amen brother. We get a PCAOB which supposedl...WCV:<br />Amen brother. We get a PCAOB which supposedly "regulates" CPA firms. Does it do anything to the Big 87654 which audit 98.8% of SEC registrants by market cap? Or does it harass 1,790 small firms which audit 0.4%? Which firms audit the TBTF banks? I look at the: TSA, FDA and defense contractors and see the revolving door at work everywhere.Independent Accountanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800220849565219709noreply@blogger.com