@MrItty, that sounds so pragmatic and self-reliant, and of course you are right that the suggestion of throwing a tomato at someone else is not a serious economic proposal.
Of course, I’m also on record as supporting a much higher level of progressive taxation, at least in the long term to pay down our debt, after we use fiscal policy—borrowing if we have to—to get unemployment under control. Feel free to peruse my history on Fluther for more details on economic proposals I prefer.
I’ve also never complained about my lot in life; I consider myself incredibly lucky. So I’m not sure where that comment comes from.
I also think it’s daft to imply that the 1% are not “to blame” for today’s economic ills as many in this group have used their tremendous power to not only directly promote tax policies that have allowed them to reap a windfall while the rest of the country’s income stagnates but, at least in the financial industry (which holds many of the richest 1%), engaged in risky behavior that directly caused the financial crisis. Of course it’s tricky to allocate blame precisely in a complex economy, but long-term unemployed today who were not unemployed before 2007 would certainly be fair in blaming the 1% in the financial industry for their ills.
And I find comments like yours more immature than my question, because there’s nothing easier than to tell an unfortunate person to pull himself or herself by their own bootstraps, stop complaining and “get a job,” and to pretend as if that’s how you got your pie and that you deserve every bite of it. There’s nothing easier than to pretend we live in a fairytale universe where if only people stopped complaining and tried hard they would be justly rewarded for their efforts.