Well, it's true that the capitalist ideal is to use the state to involuntarily take money from people by force (that's called "robbery"), and give it to the state's favoured "service provider." I'm just a little surprised you're admitting it.
Rarely. The uber-capitalists prefer to do their thing behind closed doors. Legislators, executives, and contracting officers. That's who the uber-capitalists are talking to.
Generally no. They just want more of the money flow going through their hands (where they get to divert a good chunk of it), and the legislative landscape to favour their acquisition and retention of money above all else.
I'd prefer a system that cares - especially if you're working in a system where there is risk of injury and losing that ability to work. If you're going expose yourself to the potential for accident, you are better off being killed on the job because capitalistic greed will make you wish you had been in dealing with them later. When I go, I want to take at least one of the bas*ards out with me.
They're perfectly good with higher taxes, as long as they aren't paying them. Who wouldn't be? The more money that's flowing from the government through the ubers' hands, the more they can make without the tedium of producing products and services people will voluntarily buy.
Bingo. I spent a lot of years on this work, Cap. Nobody wants "capitalism," least of all the capitalists. They want money.
Bad example...apartment dwellers in Toronto pay MORE per square foot in property taxes than owners.. so who is subsidizing who?
