I was wondering today if the whole makers vs takers argument that has permeated the air during and even after the election really does show us how out of touch we all are.
My premise - do we have it backward? Are the people at the top of the chain really "makers"? It seems to me that they might be the takers. Think of it this way, they are the ones taking the money from their companies and placing it on the sidelines, so are they really making the economy move? I don't think so.
On the other hand, the defined "takers" are the ones that without question put more than 50% (and sometimes all 100%) of their earned revenue (take home pay) back into play in the economy.
So, let's turn the conversation around folks. The takers are the folks that do not contribute their revenue back into the equation. By not sharing more of their wealth and compensation, by meeting a bottom line that is exclusively set up to take more for them and their shareholders, by taking their money offshore or placing it in tax shelters designed to limit or remove the bulk of the revenue/profit from the economy at large, they are TAKING away the ability for the economy to bounce back. And by placing their money on the sidelines, they and only they will benefit as the economy grows stronger.
Then, on the other side, the folks that could help the economy to move, the folks who could be spending and investing more, the folks that need a job and are not able to contribute unless the folks holding onto the $ put them back into the mix, these are the folks that could MAKE the economy move.
I think we've lost touch with what and who make and take from the global economy, and until the upper echelon believe this, then we'll still run into the same old problem.
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