Income equality amendment

[Bandit3 the Worker]

There's pretty much universal agreement that an amendment to guarantee income equality is needed, but what would be the actual words of this amendment, and who'd be responsible for enforcing it?

It might say something like: "Income equality is a right guaranteed to all citizens. The judiciary, President, and Congress shall have the power to enforce this amendment."

But would the amendment need any more specific provisions?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Agreement among who? Idiots who don't look at what happens in the real world? The sad truth is that humans are not saints and whenever something like this has been tried, the end result is practically no one does anything more than the bare minimum needed to survive because they can't benefit from it.  Sometimes they don't even do that.  At best, if a community of true believers in communism starts a commune, it may prosper for a time, but those last only as long as the members thereof continue to place a high economic value on communal living.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Agreement among who?

Among geniuses.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

I don't think you understand what "universal" or "agreement" means.

Either way, this kind of amendment would be completely untenable without a complete repeal of multiple other amendments, and any system where it was likely to become law would be one where the constitution wasn't a concern at all anymore.

[catographer]

An income equality amendment would literally abolish capitalism. You'd have to pay everybody the same, like how in Cuba the government dictates salaries.

[Mr. Reactionary]

There's pretty much universal agreement that an amendment to guarantee income equality is needed

Fake News.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

An income equality amendment would literally abolish capitalism.

Good.

[OSR stands with Israel]

An income equality amendment would literally abolish capitalism.

Good.

are you admitting that you are a communist

[TPIG]

This is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. Not only does it give unbelievable power to the government, it would destroy the economy and standard of living we have in this country and make EVERYONE worse off. I can understand progressive desire to see the income gap be closed, but the idea that everyone should be paid the exact same in a country where people have different skills, talents, abilities to risk capital, and other things is simply ludicrous. This would never pass, and your idea of what constitutes 'universal agreement' is almost as flawed as the actual idea you're proposing.

[Sestak]

Lmao how many people are falling for the bait

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Lmao how many people are falling for the bait

This is even better when you know Bandit is a completely real person

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

An income equality amendment would literally abolish capitalism. You'd have to pay everybody the same, like how in Cuba the government dictates salaries.

and people constantly get around that.

An income equality amendment wouldn't abolish capitalism in any more sense than China has abolished capitalism. Instead it would abolish the Constitution as a document with any power to enforce the rights it describes.  We'd be like all those countries with lofty ideals in their constitutions that are completely ignored unless they are convenient.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Not going to lie, when I first saw this thread, I just thought it meant that he believed that we need an amendment to prevent salary discrimination based on race/gender/etc.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Not going to lie, when I first saw this thread, I just thought it meant that he believed that we need an amendment to prevent salary discrimination based on race/gender/etc.

Obviosly you haven't paid attention to bandit before. Lucky you.

[Not a Partisan Hack ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)]

Do we repeal the income tax amendment when this is passed? I’m curious to know.

[IndustrialJustice]

This would be fantastic, obviously, but why not just burn the Constitution if we're at that point of power? Do you really want to preserve it if you hold that set of beliefs?

[dead0man]

This would be fantastic, obviously

yep, there is "pretty much universal agreement" on this fact.

[CatoMinor]

Agreement among who?

Among geniuses.

And I'm sure they have their facebook quizes to prove their genius.

[WritOfCertiorari]

This would be fantastic, obviously, but why not just burn the Constitution if we're at that point of power? Do you really want to preserve it if you hold that set of beliefs?

The only thing you’d be “burning” at that point is the Bill of Rights, which is par for the course in terms of totalitarian Stalinists. The Constitution of the Soviet Union was effectively ignored, anyway, so it wouldn’t matter at that point.

Sad to see that some would sacrifice liberty for vague “equality”, when even wealth equality is but privilege extended without checks and balances.

At that point, our fair country would be a toxic waste dump, and sadly, the remaining Americans would be “enriched” by the torture and starvation inherent in a illiberal, regressive Soviet State.

[IndustrialJustice]

This would be fantastic, obviously, but why not just burn the Constitution if we're at that point of power? Do you really want to preserve it if you hold that set of beliefs?

The only thing you’d be “burning” at that point is the Bill of Rights, which is par for the course in terms of totalitarian Stalinists. The Constitution of the Soviet Union was effectively ignored, anyway, so it wouldn’t matter at that point.

Sad to see that some would sacrifice liberty for vague “equality”, when even wealth equality is but privilege extended without checks and balances.

At that point, our fair country would be a toxic waste dump, and sadly, the remaining Americans would be “enriched” by the torture and starvation inherent in a illiberal, regressive Soviet State.

If I cared what the John Birch Society thought about socialism (or anything, really), I would sign up for their mailers. No need to crib from the pamphlets here.

[WritOfCertiorari]

This would be fantastic, obviously, but why not just burn the Constitution if we're at that point of power? Do you really want to preserve it if you hold that set of beliefs?

The only thing you’d be “burning” at that point is the Bill of Rights, which is par for the course in terms of totalitarian Stalinists. The Constitution of the Soviet Union was effectively ignored, anyway, so it wouldn’t matter at that point.

Sad to see that some would sacrifice liberty for vague “equality”, when even wealth equality is but privilege extended without checks and balances.

At that point, our fair country would be a toxic waste dump, and sadly, the remaining Americans would be “enriched” by the torture and starvation inherent in a illiberal, regressive Soviet State.

If I cared what the John Birch Society thought about socialism (or anything, really), I would sign up for their mailers. No need to crib from the pamphlets here.

More monsters under your bed? My thoughts are my own, no pamphlets needed. I’m not a tankie or trot.

[Reaganfan]

Income equality doesn't exist. What it means is that person X makes more than person Z. Well, sorry, but that's how it works. A doctor will make more than a hairdresser. It's just how it works.

[dead0man]

Income equality doesn't exist. What it means is that person X makes more than person Z. Well, sorry, but that's how it works. A doctor will make more than a hairdresser. It's just how it works.

Which is why a CEO should make 100 times that of his average employee?

yes


edit-to be clear, I'm not claiming a CEO should make 100 times his (his? really? it's 2018 buddy!) average employee, I'm saying that a CEO can make that much more....or a 1000 times more, or 5 times more.  It all depends on what the people that own the company think the CEO is worth.

And since we live in a time of too much information, it's not hard for one to find out how much a CEO of a given company makes and if he (or she ) makes more than you think they should, you can choose not to support that business and can even send them a message telling them why.  Being a consumer is a very powerful position to be in.  Not as powerful as a CEO or the company that buys a million times more sh**t than you, but you still have some weight.  Use it.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Hilarious trolling. Can't believe how many people fell for it.