Dee Dee Myers writes: "For generations, Americans who aren't rich have been generous and admiring of their wealthy compatriots - they want a country where people who work hard can succeed, where the same rules apply to everyone. They expect to have their own shot at getting rich. But increasingly, they are seeing that the game is rigged."
The gap between the rich and everyone else in the US has grown dramatically. (photo: Kevin P. Casey/AP)
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Bush's tax cuts for the rich and powerful didn't create jobs, they created this debt crisis — not Social Security, not Medicare, not Medicaid, not the unions, not the teachers, not the middle class, not the stimulus, not new energy development, not Obama, and not the Democrats.
In fact, the Republican fought to protect tax-cut incentives for sending American jobs overseas, so if anything's a job killer, it's those very tax cuts the Republicans refuse to end.
Until and unless we can find a way to wake the sleeping majority to the realities of the Rich & Republican agenda, the 99% of Americans who are not rich will find ourselves as serfs in the kingdom of Koch.
Fortunately for the rich, they can relax and enjoy life in their apathy.What or who could they possible fear? Their apathy is a luxery provided by inherited wealth.
The working and middle classes, on the other hand, can not afford to remain docile. The big question remains-will the masses awaken from their mass entertainment/media induced coma?
I work and live amongst the lower/middle and have not been given any hope that a working class awakening will occur anytime soon. So the the question begs to be asked...if not now when? And what will be the future outlook for this corporate state 20-30 years down the road ?
The Supremes ligitimzed this Mafia but as Mafias go, when these big corporations commit fraud they are given privilege to "self regulate" and thus are not subject to criminal prosecution comparable to the felonies of ordinary crooks. Heads they win, tails we lose. Is that distinction in the Constitution? Give tax breaks to a businesses who creates US jobs and nobody else (review yearly)
There is nothing in the Constitution that allows "loop holes" such as capping SSN at $106K for billionaires or "capital gains" when the average person does not have opportunity to dodge taxes with "capital gains" (and more)
It is a myth that SSN is in trouble. The government has "borrowed" from it for their little wars (etc)
Answer: 1) impeach Thomas (tax evasion and accepting gifts) + Scalia who is KNOWN to socialize with Koch brothers b4 2010 "personhood" decision.
Deficit is not reason for unemployment.
Congress people & Military leaders"must be" sworn in before getting on TV or speaking publically! Perjury is treason.
If vouchers will result then Congress' medical should also go to vouchers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v._Southern_Pacific_Railroad
Tax hikes/ SSN (etc) / Tax reform should be dealt with in meaningful manner (with facts) and not an agenda to blackmail the people.
My life savings in on the line if ceiling not raised as are most Americans (except those who have their $$ off-shore --- )
We should begin talking up a 'fair tax'. This, of necessity would begin at 0 on the 1st dollar over the subsistence level and escalate asymptotically to 100% on some very high figure, say 100 million. (Always considering that these are the rates on marginal dollars). At yearend the point at which the marginal rate was 100% would, by law, be adjusted to collect that which had been spent and taxes for the year just passed would be adjusted. The huge salaries and bonuses would still be there for boasting purposes but we would recover the money required to keep us all alive from the only source that exists. Incentives and innovation might be somewhat moderated but so too would be the ridiculous over-consumption that is consuming our only planet
And they've been so successful at it, that people are prepared to vote against their own interests to perpetuate the myth. More than 90 out of 100 people are going to be wage-earners forever...and so are their kids and grandchildren.
When the majority realizes this and starts to fight for their own rights instead of the 1% megawealthy, there may be a chance of meaningful change.
You need to educate your fellow Americans however...too many simply don't know the truth!
it's not class warfare yet. You'll know it's class warfare when the guillotines are rolled out into the public square.
It was always a great lie spread by the rich to placate the masses and keep them working.
"Where's their balls"
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