General Discussion

Inequality will never go away, nor should it. There should be reward for work and ingenuity. But not to the point where they can so easily exploit everyone else. It seems both sides in America have this strange, binary view on capitalism. One side wants to chuck it entirely, which is just as idiotic and no more based on human behavior than laissez faire capitalism. Strong, rational controls are what's needed, whether that be regulation, taxation or both.

Sweden produces more "unicorns", billion dollar tech companies, per capita than anywhere on earth. The Nordics are renowned for it. Sweden also has a lower corporate tax rate than the US, as do all the Nordics. But no American corporation actually pays the list price. The US rate is a political mirage. There's a mountain of tax loopholes that keep all US corporations from paying the stated rate. Not so much for most of our OEDC friends. Swedish corporate tax rev. is 41% of their GDP. While only 26% in the US.

Rational controls on our baser urges so everyone has a near equal say. Including the urge to take our government captive.