So how do we survive in this time of decline?
The great bait and switch is going on. The bait was financial security, democracy and government protection for the ordinary citizens. The switch is that, now that we need them, these things are being taken from us.
We have been bamboozled into allowing all the money needed to fund these promises to be placed in the hands of the 2 percent on the top, and now they are acting like it is rightfully theirs and won't give it back. In fact they are manipulating even the meager resources that are left out of our control and into theirs. And, we are left with a shredded democracy, secrecy, Big Brother kind of surveillance and no real way to improve our lot.
This was the scam. Work hard when there are no jobs and falling real wages. Give our extra money to the financial gurus who put it into their pockets and who just gambled it all away and ran us off the economic tracks. Buy real estate when the game is fixed for us to lose. Count on the promises that were made to keep wages down and workers in line for decades only to find that they had no real intention of keeping their end of the bargain.
We end up with few resources and cuts in governmental programs that helped us survive. Prices go up while the financial gurus follow a course, which will lead inevitably to inflation. Take it from the workers, the poor, the elderly and those with little financial pull ... in other words, anyone but the rich and powerful.
We are here to be exploited while we have any resources and expendable when we do not ... just practicing good capitalism, I guess ... certainly not good democracy.
Bob Passi
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Add commentI'm just amazed at how
I'm just amazed at how effective they were in marshaling the average Joe into supporting the "redistribution".
They took all of the benefits of increased productivity for the past 30 years and now are unwilling to release any of it for the benefit of the country. I'd like to see what percentage of that wealth is no invested overseas or hidden in off shore tax shelters.
I remember a time when a single worker could support a family of 4 in a modest home. I'll bet the tax rates on the wealthy were higher then and so was the belief that all Americans including the wealthy should contribute for the benefit of the country.
The recent massive transfer of the nations wealth is making our economy unstable and lowering the standard of living for American workers.
Fish...
Please quit posting the same thing every day.
wolf,
Try addressing the issue raised. Or does the right-wing noise machine have you totally fogged?
Fish--
A single worker can still support a family of four in a modest home if that family decides to forgo all of the toys that society has deemed necessary to be successful. Kind of like what our government should do--live within its means!
Fish Is Wrong, Libs are WRong
When I read what Fish says, I just says to myself, "you got that wrong, boy!"
I mean, lets face it, we need the rich. We all work for a rich person, or sell something to rich people.
I think the big problem here is that everyone seems to be alowed to vote these days. Their was a day when the only ones who could vote would be if you owned property, etc. Now they just let anyone vote.
I think that you should own property (including a gun), or be above a certain income, before you are allowed to vote. all them on welfare, sucking away all the taxes the rest of us pay, all them on medicare and getting social security and so forth. if you don't own property and you get social security check every month you should just shut up and be happy you are getting free money from the rest of us. another lib democrat think, the worst think that ever happened in america from the worst lib president of all, franclin rosevelt. What a friggin shame. If you are on welfare or social security and dont have property, you should not be allowed to vote. that would straighten thinks up a lot!!
Don't Take My Gun
Who Should Vote?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could go back to allowing only those to vote that were allowed when this great country, a "Representative Republic" was formed? We are not and never have been a democracy!