Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "If The Economy Is Great, Why Aren't We?" video.

  1. I tend to find that the more millionaires and billionaires there is in a country, the worse off the average person is, GDP numbers go on overall wealth but if there is more millionaires and billionaires, that wealth is in fewer hands and that is what we see a lot of in the US which has some of the highest poverty and inequality rates of all the modern countries and that is likely going to get far worse once this pandemic is over with.
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  2.  @davidbennett60  Oh I don't know, if I was an elite, I would be very worried with how things are going especially in the US because the tax payers are bailing out the rich and corporations, wait till the penny drops and the people realize what is going on, we could be talking revolution if we are not careful and if that happens, I would want to be rich in that world because they are likely the prime target of the anger, Trump is putting all the bits in place to really kick things off.
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  3. Economy doing great whiles driving from my day job to my night job lol which says it all really but that's a good way to start the joke :) but it's true, it's hard to say the economy is doing great if so many need two jobs. Also do you notice how the Trump economy is a Fox News thing? say no more lol. Anyway, the problem is with them saying the economy is doing great, it means little if the poor and middle classes don't feel the benefits of it and the problem is for many, they feel the economy isn't doing great and in fact is slipping. I always love how GDP numbers and unemployment numbers are calculated, they are so messed up and detached from reality that it's not even funny and only serves to look good but it doesn't help the people and that is the real problem with how these numbers are calculated. So any ideas on new measurement systems that could work? I know we have a few like HDI and Gini but I think we can do better, a system that measures the well-being of the country and the people across the board, in other words, a system that puts pressure on governments to improve things a lot from the bottom up, the system we have now doesn't do that, it only cares about the overall wealth in a country which means nothing if most of that wealth is in very few hands, hence why I always laugh when I hear governments talk about how well the economy is doing, the US and UK do it all the time but ask the common person in the street and they are wonder what planet is the government on lol, anyway, to get an idea on how bad the economy is doing, ask yourself why did Trump get elected in the US? why did Brexit happen in the UK? These have something in common, people are angry because they feel they are being left behind and don't feel any of this so called wealth governments keep talking about and watch the fun kick off once the economic fallout from this virus really hits the people hard, the likes of Trump will say the economy is booming whiles half the population is unemployed, it's sad but some governments are detached from reality now.
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  4.  @davidbennett60  Anyway is possible but that is unlikely considering the mood of the population, either way, goverments best start listening to the people or things are going to get really ugly, the momentum has been building for the last 10 years, after all, the likes of Trump and Brexit didn't happen by accident, they are signs the public are getting desperate and want results that the mainstream isn't delivering on so these get in, the problem is, the public is misfiring at the moment, especially in the US and UK because what they've voted for is making things worse, but that will create even more anger and the odds of a revolution goes up because of it.
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  5.  @tubester4567  On the surface that is true but still a lot of people are getting left behind.
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  6.  @tubester4567  I highly doubt that, it's more likely they want to see reforms of the police service and some real changes and not the faults promises of the past where nothing really changes. Even if the Democrats did nothing, the hardship the Republics are putting on the American people with this pandemic is likely going to kill a lot of it's support base, the BLM is just the icing on the cake to do more damage to them. But I find it remarkable how easy you are to dismiss the BLM movement over a political decision considering the history the US has with racism, that is really screwed up that people would even think that and not look at the matter at hand which is blacks are getting discriminated against.
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