Mostly Hairless Apes

A Capital Idea


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How can we change the current capitalist economy to make life better for more people? That communism thing didn't work very well. What if we just put a 'cap' on capitalism? What if we opened up all the financial records for individual accounts over $100,000, and we let everybody see where the money goes? Do we really need billionaires telling us what we should be doing? Because that's what we have right now - you can buy the politicians of your choice, and get them to vote for what you want, if you have the money to spend. I think we should be spending a little bit more of it on payrolls and healthcare and education and retirement accounts for everybody, not just the 1%.

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Mostly Hairless ApesBy Gene Mesco