We don’t say “we need more agriculture jobs”, why do we say we need more “good paying” manufacturing jobs?

Fifty years ago, most wives did not work outside the home. Now, if they lose a job, they are part of the ‘unemployment’ problem.

Perhaps we should consider “paying” more people to stay out of the job market, much like we pay farmers NOT to produce, in order to bolster crop prices.

Trying to force people into the labor market when they are really not needed for production, transportation, or services leads to a needless waste of resources and drives down the wages for everyone else in the market.

I quote:

“We need more welfare and fewer jobs. Jobs for every American is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I’m talking about welfare for all. Without it, you’re going to have warfare for all. Without a universal health care like every other civilized country, without a minimum level of income, this country will explode.”

… or …

“Automation and technology would be a great boon if it were creative, if there were more leisure, more opportunity to engage in raising a family, providing guidance to the young, all the stuff we say we need. America will work if we’re all in it together. It’ll work when there’s a shared sense of destiny. It can be done! It’s all there! What isn’t there is the leadership to create the kind of social network, the safety net, the distribution that would truly create a just and equal society. If it were, you wouldn’t have the homeless sleeping in the park across from the White House in a neighborhood with one of the highest incarceration and crime rates in the world.”

… or …

“First, expose relentlessly the big lie that comes over the tube every night, that if you just go out and find that job, and work harder, it’ll all be fine. It won’t! … There’s not enough work to go around and a lot of the pay is not fair.”

Remember, he wrote this in 1995, before the PC/telecom/Internet revolution and before the Clinton economic expansion that Democrats constantly crow about. Strangely, California under decades of Democratic Party rule is probably farther away from Jerry Brown’s vision of American than many other states.

CHART: Averaged Effective Tax Rate for California Personal Income Tax (2008)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sxbJ_FVETsg/ToyMdvgYb8I/AAAAAAAAAog/KwqkPpj9B40/s1600/Average+Effective+Tax+Rate+California+Personal+Income+Tax+2008.png

So, let’s ask the question. Who is paying their “fair share” of federal and California taxes? Who is contributing their “fair share” to the “where we are going as a society.” Some people don’t have money but do have ample time. Then, there are those in California society that contribute neither time nor money but merely consume both from fellow citizens. Some are truly disabled and incapable and we should help these people. Others are able-bodied but feel comfortable living off the efforts of others.

See also …

“Who Pays Their ‘Fair Share’ in California?”
http://soquelbythecreek.blogspot.com/2011/10/who-pays-their-fair-share-in-california.html

Even so, with his income he will probably save millions in state income tax.

Question: if he continues to golf, does he not pay California tax on any income or winnings earned in California?

I don’t follow golf and never heard of Phil Mickelson till this week. Whatever he decides to do, I wish him the best.

Now having said that, whatever he IS paying in CA is 13.3% HIGHER than in NV, AZ TX and other states with no income tax.

Now having said that, whatever he IS paying in CA is 13.3% HIGHER than in NV, AZ TX and other states with no income tax.