End Bonuses For Bankers

For every proposed solution or reform, people come up with a thousand reasons why it can't possibly work, and why we can't change the status quo.

I guess the implications of that are obvious - We're living in something approaching the best of all possible worlds.

Therefore we shouldn't change anything.

On our current course, we're set to virtually eliminate the middle class in several more decades, so I guess that makes the world a better place. I guess that makes it sound like my status as a member of the middle class is making the world a worse place, but I guess I'll go on being "evil" as long as I can mange.

But let's look at the bright side...

Without a middle class, we won't need as much infrastructure, since most of us will be walking or taking a bus, since we won't be able to afford cars any more. We don't need to bother fixing that aging infrastructure, we can just decommission it. Decaying infrastructure problem solved.

As our income sinks lower and lower, even those low-paying jobs currently taken by illegal immigrants will start to look attractive. Americans will take the low-paying jobs. Illegal immigration problem solved.

Once there is no middle class and the wealthy are safe in their gated communities, drug addicts won't be able to find easy victims to support their habits. They'll wind up going cold-turkey simply because they can't afford the drugs on their own, and are no longer able to steal enough. Drug problem solved.

The military becomes the only reliable employer, since all other decent-paying jobs have been sent overseas. There are so many people trying to get in that the military can raise their standards back up to where they ought to be. Recruiting problem solved.

As we quite being able to afford to travel, we can take the national parks and either mothball them to eliminate cost, or out-and-out sell them as resorts, generating revenue. Not a solution, but certainly an assist to the deficit/debt problem.

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