I haven't been following the American news that closely this winter; it's always the same and depressing how the middle and lower classes are just getting stomped. Why do they take it? Are they just so scared, and kept so busy trying to keep a roof over their heads and food in their kids' mouths, that they roll over and take it?
This latest nonsense going on about breaking government unions and not paying pensions is beyond the pale. You cannot do this to YOUR people; at least you can't do it and not expect some revolutionary reactions!
Don't those rich 400 Americans, whose annual income equals the combined annual income of 100 million of their fellow Americans, realize that this income inequality won't be tolerated forever? If they don't start sharing the wealth and paying a truly fair share of taxes, the masses will push back? In the famous call-to-action phrase from movie "Network", people are "mad as hell and not going to take it any more!"
Investment banks, insurance companies and all their fraudulent ilk, who played fast and loose on Wall Street get bailed out and saved harmless (and are still collecting massive bonuses). Compare this to the plight of 35 and 40 year public sector employees who all paid into their pension plans as required, only to be now told their plans are broke (the employer never paid its share) and they will get zilch. Who is standing up for them?
How horrific to be in your 70's or older and not get the pension you worked for for decades. There are no words to describe my distress and sympathy for them, and my rage-filled disgust for the people in power (over many years, not just those currently in power) who created this mess, and are allowing it to continue/worsen.
The little guy will soon be pushing back in ways the American governments (municipal, state and federal) simply cannot imagine. What other choice will the people have? When there is no longer any honour (i.e., social "contracts" being broken or tossed aside) how should the populace behave? Tahrir Square will be replicated all over America, is my prediction.
Todo bien. (It's all good.)
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