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In reply to the discussion: Bad news for those wanting revolution. [View all]lalalu
(1,663 posts)This is the same crap that was used to justify taking away from middle class and working Americans. The line was that American workers could afford to lose jobs and see their wages lowered a little to help the less fortunate in other countries. Yeah that turned out well.
Most people in the middle who have a little extra to spend have worked damn hard for it. I have top of the line health care coverage and I earned it. I also took lower wages in return for better benefits. I am tired of people behaving like we did something wrong because we made the right choice when so many at the time didn't give a damn about health care. There were a lot of people at the top who had inflated Enron type 401K plans and thought they could just purchase health care.
So those of us who made smarter choices, sacrifices, and worked hard are suppose to feel guilty if we choose to spend money on ourselves for something extra? We still have analog TVs in some of our rooms and I drive a 5 year old car. Yet when i want to spend my money on something new it is my right. If people have a problem with that then screw them and screw the revolution.
The biggest problem facing this country is the fact that many of the foot soldiers who use to help in the revolution have dropped out. Many get government help and live in subsidized housing and don't feel they need to be involved. Other have been told that committing crimes to get by is not their fault so they live by committing petty crimes and a revolving door of prison. Just imagine if these street gangs turned their anger towards corporations instead of each other. BTW, in the past that was done and why we had protests in the streets. But we can't discuss that because it isn't PC so instead blame some working class sucker.