Zero Sum

    I'm really surprised at how so many of the wealthy look at our country and economy, how we all regard our fellow citizens.  I'm surprised at the pervasive  misunderstanding of what's actually going on here.
    I was reading about 'game theory'.  Apparently the whole thing is predicated on the idea, once you get beyond a room full of carefully selected people no one has the faintest idea what's going on and we're all better off to keep them busy playing Monopoly or maybe Risk if they're part of the military or the diplomatic corps.  I have seen better security strategies formulated by 5 stoners playing Risk than what we see now.
    In game theory there is the idea of a 'Zero Sum' game.  The idea for every winner there is a loser. Let me say this so everyone gets it.  THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A ZERO SUM GAME.  You idiots.
    We seem to have hit upon an unscrewable pooch though they keep trying.  The same 1% or so are going to keep paying the vast majority of the income taxes no matter how much we screw around with the marginal tax rates from year to year.  In the end we're going to go to the people with the money to pay the bills.  Screwin around with the tax rates just adds debt service to the inevitable bill.
    I have been fond of saying, whatever your current net worth is; double it.  That's what it would be if Reagan had never been president.  That's true but it is also true for the very richest among us.  When we say bad ideas cripple all of us it's useful to remember all of us include the one percent. The rich equal the number of illegal aliens. They equal the number of active felons.  The bills have to be paid.  It serves us all to make it easier for the rich to pay the bills.  We can say they benefit the most but in the end, they have the money.  It's a cinch the illegal aliens and the active felons don't have the money though the classes of the rich and active felons do tend to overlap. So do the other classes. The point is: where's the money coming from?  The rich will have an easier time without adding debt service..
    I thought rich people were supposed to be smart.  We're getting to the point where this blatant stupidity is making it so we can't afford the rich.  They should watch out for that formulation. We really don't want the lumpenproletariat firing up the tumbrels.  It gets messy.  WE should watch out for that formulation.
    So, we're not a Zero Sum game.  It's wrong to say the sky is the limit when we have shown that the stars are the limit at least. When you consider higher mathematics, space/time itself may be in our reach and perhaps even in our grasp.  So, quit screwin around and pay your damned taxes.  Quit thinkin you're gonna foist them off on the rest of us.  We don't have any gotdamned money.  You don't pay us enough.  Haven't you seen the papers?