Posts by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
(DIR) Post #AXHfBzcxfxhfzghYbQ by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-07-02T11:22:07Z
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/3 Corporations are government CONTRACTING OUT some of the functions of society. Government ALLOWS them to keep SOME of the proceeds, as a management fee.#corporations #government #democracy We HAVE TO get back to this understanding that corporations are creations of government and government HAS TO retain full control over what they do.Here is a post about this:The “Private Sector” Is Government “Contracting Out” Its Functions https://democracyandcommunity.org/2023/03/14/the-private-sector-is-government-contracting-out-its-functions/
(DIR) Post #AXHfC0FbMIbzvWmPpY by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-07-02T11:36:05Z
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/4 This is based on this post:Understanding What a Corporation Actually Is Can Help Restore Democracy,https://democracyandcommunity.org/2022/08/25/understanding-what-a-corporation-actually-is-can-help-restore-democracy/#corporations #democracy
(DIR) Post #AXRkXi7NV7i6hm2h9M by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-07-07T09:20:48Z
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@edgeoforever @koteisaev @TruthSandwich "Left" is always about degrees of democracy. "Far left" is We the People decide everything. Govt provides healthcare, water, food, everything."Right" is always about the opposite. Monarchy, dictatorship, plutocracy, etc.
(DIR) Post #AXv6BGKfwUq58iB3kf by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-07-20T15:43:05Z
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You hear a lot about wind turbines killing birds.CATS kill many orders of magnitude more birds.How come we hear about wind turbines killing birds all the time but not about cats doing that?Witness the power of the fossil fuel companies and the way they are able to spread propaganda#climatecrisis
(DIR) Post #AYYszp5rfRixbA6SnY by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-08-07T07:57:17Z
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Most of what we call "conservative ideology" was actually invented by tobacco companies to keep government from protcting public health.#conservatives #conservatism #corruption
(DIR) Post #AYtmxldpiWQQ30u3lo by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-08-19T17:45:06Z
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I put the word Bluesky in my name and was immediately kicked off Twitter. Can't get back in.Spread the word.I get this, I do it, the screen goes blank.
(DIR) Post #AYtmxqZ3PiZbJdhoW0 by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-08-19T17:50:27Z
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PS Someone let me know if you can see me on Twitter. I'm (or was) dcjohnson there, too. Thanks.#twittr
(DIR) Post #AZhMoV9wVoPNYSljvs by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-09-12T05:59:19Z
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The problem with using the term "National Debt" is it misleads people into thinking it is "debt." It isn't.The "National Debt" measures the currency spent into the economy without being taxed out.Money is just IOUs. Money is debt.I found the right word. It should be called the "National Money."#debt #MMT
(DIR) Post #AZo2wH0k1Ai8BwBoQ4 by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-09-14T06:22:17Z
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Privatization takes services away from people whose mission is to serve the public and gives them to people whose job is to figure out how to make money off of the public.#privatization
(DIR) Post #AZqnIqjStJUzb22QSW by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-09-17T07:03:42Z
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@john Govt does not "make money off the public." In a country that votes the govt IS the public.
(DIR) Post #Ab4Hm1oKN7da0pK77Y by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-10-23T07:45:07Z
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I'm so old I remember when Reagan & Thatcher dramatically cut taxes on the rich and their corporations and dramatically increased funding of military companies, and then said we have to cut everything government does to make people's lives better because of "deficits" and "we're running out of money."And "conservatives" have been at it ever since!What I don't understand is why people never catch on?#taxcuts #deficits
(DIR) Post #Aby6WKQuq4u7LPFzBg by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-11-15T10:17:17Z
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Governments manage society and everything society does. Period.What we call “the private sector” is really just the government “contracting out” the functions of managing society. Corporations are those contracts.https://democracyandcommunity.org/2023/03/14/the-private-sector-is-government-contracting-out-its-functions/#government #corporations #capitalism #socialism
(DIR) Post #Aby6WLhy6A8fIaF7PE by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-11-15T10:18:02Z
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EVERY decision about society’s resources, economy and future is made by government, one way or another. Period. Every. Single. One. Socialism, capitalism, communism, dictatorship, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, etc are just descriptions of how that decision-making is divided up.https://democracyandcommunity.org/2023/03/14/the-private-sector-is-government-contracting-out-its-functions/#government #corporations #capitalism #socialism
(DIR) Post #AcXNJELKfY2wReaC1I by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2023-12-05T07:06:49Z
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"Conservative" economics (neoliberalism), since Reagan and Thatcher, is really about asset stripping. Force everything that benefits the public to be privatized so they benefit only the wealthiest and their corporations.#neoliberalism.
(DIR) Post #AilLOU2LeOAt8Xkmae by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2024-06-09T10:03:35Z
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I wish medieval gold-standard economics would finally disappear. We no longer have to round up or borrow gold to pay for things.But we still have people believing in witches, etc. So I guess superstitions do hang on.But if you're still stuck on "taxes are revenue" & "printing money is borrowing" then:Top tax rates used to be 90%. Top corp rates used to be much higher as well.If you restore those tax rates you can "pay for" healthcare, military, social programs, pensions.#money
(DIR) Post #Al7WrjiiLseoKyiFQO by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2024-08-19T06:49:03Z
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In the 60s the top US income tax rate was 90%. Corporations paid 50% on profits. Similar for UK.People don't know that.Now the middle class "shoulders the tax burden" instead, and billionaires tell the government what to do.#taxes
(DIR) Post #AlfShQx3U8PomztEJM by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2024-09-04T08:50:33Z
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Tax cuts do not and never did "boost growth." That's a lie told by people who wanted their taxes cut.#taxes #ineuality
(DIR) Post #AlmwEjE2oxm9nZmgdM by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2024-09-05T08:05:32Z
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Tax cuts DO NOT "grow the economy." They ONLY make inequality worse.One example, 2012 US Congressional study found no correlation between tax cuts and growth. https://www.nytimes.com/news/business/0915taxesandeconomy.pdfAnotherLondon School of EconomicsTax cuts for the wealthy only benefit the rich: debunking trickle-down economicshttps://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/economics/tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy-only-benefit-the-rich-debunking-trickle-down-economics#taxes #growth
(DIR) Post #AmHuFszhoH9ONSG8jQ by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2024-09-23T07:16:10Z
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The "national debt" means money spent into the economy but not taxed back out.That's it. That's all. It is not "borrowed." It is not "owed" to anyone. It does not have to be "repaid."The use of the word "debt" is a legacy from days when kings had to round up gold.#debt #money #MMT
(DIR) Post #AnT4t2eQYoY9A5PxdQ by dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud
2024-10-28T08:41:07Z
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Billionaires do not buy major information outlets to make money.They buy them to use them.#propaganda #billionaires