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Originally Posted by jms62
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good article.
and i've said it elsewhere....the rationale that convinces the working class to support tax cuts for the rich, on top of all the cuts they've already gotten, and defending them while attacking the poor, is the same mentality that had the poor whites fighting the southern rich man's civil war to keep slavery. there was no logic in it then, and there isn't logic in it now.
the rich don't give a damn about anyone else, and it amazes me that people who have far more in common, and are far closer economically to those below them, insist on supporting those in the stratosphere above them. i guess they think some day they'll be filthy stinking rich like the koch brothers.
no, the way this country is going, and the way business is going, most of us will end up far lower down the scale than further up.
sorry to burst your bubbles.
there's been a sea change in how things are done in this country. it used to about working for prosperity, for growth, for everyone achieving the american dream.
now it's a few rich bastards squeezing every dime they can out of the economy, while the pay scale for everyone else stagnates.
we are far more productive now then ever in the history of this country, while making less than ever.
welcome to animal farm; we're the animals, and the kochs and others of their ilk, and their political hacks are the pigs.