Thursday, April 21, 2011

Trading Down: Taking A Pay Cut After A Layoff -- HuffPost Readers' Stories


The United States needs to develop an entirely new inclusive economic model that serves the needs of all 310 million members of US society. The Reagan/Mil­ton Friedman Market Fundamenta­list model has failed the nation, it has made a few lowly mortals wealthy beyond imaginatio­n, but it has betrayed American principles in the process.



The post war Socialist/­Regulated Capitalist model brought prosperity to the United States for decades until Reagan derailed it. We need to return to that model, rediscover the benefit of tariff, reject global trade deals that turn people into slaves both here and abroad for the benefit of a the relative few, and reawaken the United States as a Nation "Of the People, By the People, For the People" once more.



Let's get back to being Americans again, and abandon this foolish obsession of building a golden stairway to heaven. That is the path of degradatio­n.



Reverting the United States to an inclusive economy from an exclusive economy can be done ... and must be done.
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