Your $tock Mom

No, it is not Warren Buffett. Nick Hanauer, author of “The Gardens of Democracy,” brings to light the reality that it is the middle class, the median and lower incomers, who are the creative force and engine of business success and sustainability in our country.
“Necessity is the mother of invention” truly is how our economic system became the most successful economy in the world, in history. However, that early system also supported the philosophy of “spread the wealth”; because it was recognized early in our nation’s development that the growth and …

Do we really need less regulation? Well, that ol’ adage seems rather apropos here: “You get what you pay for.” If the pols want to deregulate, (and it might be worth understanding why and their agenda) you might want to reconsider their public service. Regardless, it’s our responsibility … to be the regulators  … to read the fine print and take nothing for granted. No matter how much regulation exists, or not, our system is malfunctioning on many levels, … again, “Caveat emptor … Let the buyer beware!”
 
 
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Here’s where CEOs stand; where do you?  And where will it leave your kids?  You can ignore the politics, but do not ignore the numbers.
There is a growing disparity in our economic metrics.  Since workers (99%ers) are the engine, the spenders of our economy in this country, then how can our economy survive if the corporate culture continues to destabilize or remove them?
Corporations are creating the paradox of economic destruction.  They are eroding the very system on which they depend by their ongoing purging of the spender-engine that drives their …