Howard Zinn on taxes and class war

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Howard Zinn: The US has always had class war over who gets taxed Pt 3

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[ahumancertainty]

@Consrvatev Not necessary unless we are conditioned to think only within the framework of capitalism. I don't see why we would need to determine a measure for our labor other than the actual useful product we derive from it.

[freedomthrough]

@brandensc If i was religious, i'd say he's in a better place. Since i'm not religious, i'll just say he's found peace now :). He fought to inform people his whole life, so he very well deserves his rest!

[PrinceMyshkin22]

@USTreasuryBond You are completely wrong in your assessment. What do you think created the largest middle class in US history post-Word War II? The progressive tax. The wealthiest paid a high tax rate, that left them still able to live quite comfortably. The middle and lower class payed taxes as well, but no to such a point that they would starve. So if you hate taxes so much, don't drive on roads, or go to the library, or national parks, or any other thing that is supported by taxes.

[philipheubeck]

Zinn is absolutely spot on!

[bradleyt1]

Zinn is such an amazing person.

[DaSungandSoul1223]

watch?v=og-kBmXnmas Howard jokes about teaching

[USTreasuryBond]

The problem is that you WON"T have enough money. Sounds good in theory Howard, and we've heard it over and over again for decades, but tax hikes do NOT increase tax revenues. You used capitalism to get rich off your best selling book, how much in taxes did you pay? Did you give more?

[squeezeflo]

Great book and collaborator with Noam Chomsky

[alinn71]

@alinn71 thats why it is why the economic values or plutonism is crushing now..lol...i dont think so..everything is planned ..unfortunately the middle class destruction continues no matter what..we pay high taxes on our pay check, and house taxing..and i think it is not fair for the super rich paying almost same percentage as me...

[alinn71]

well i remember the first days of this talk, he will raise the taxes of rich..wow...it became a big deal...people were afraid thinking super rich will be destroyed by another slice of pizza giving to poor..i dont understand people...rich gets more in this country, endless credits, and poor doesnt even have a health care..

[TheBerserker50]

WE cannot change a damn thing working within the same systems that have caused the worlds problems. we need to quit playing their game while simultaneoulsy developing new systems. new systems with reagrd ..hi regard ..the highest regard to our oNLY commonality...nature nad its laws.

[YoeyYutch]

Thank you Howard! You read my mind at 7:00:

"We need people... who are doing very well to form an alliance with people at the bottom in order to bring about change."

I really think this common ground is the key. However the media has filtered our reality so that the poor see the wealthy as greedy crooks, and the wealthy see the poor as a lazy burden on society. I hope we can get past this accepted form of discrimination. We're all Americans. It's time to act like it.