Austerity

[Whovian]

[iemitsu]

1. Wonderful image and mesage but I would change it to say

Punishing the poor for the criminal acts of the rich.

[99Forever]

2. Had almost the same exact thought...

Punishing the poor for the crimes of the rich.

[iemitsu]

3. Your statement is more succinct.

[Curmudgeoness]

5. Exactly.

"Mistakes" sounds like something innocuous.

[iemitsu]

9. Yep, passive language. Assigns no blame

when there is a clear culprit.

[woo me with science]

10. +1000000

[iemitsu]

12. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

With every act of our government it becomes more clear that the two parties are acting in concert, not to defend our rights or provide for our needs but to abuse us and to extract our life's blood.

[abelenkpe]

4. K&r

[dvhughes]

6. Spot on...

Reminds me of the current economic practice of:
"Privatize the profit, socialize the losses."

[Jamaal510]

7. Austerity:

pitting poor Americans against other poor Americans in order to keep millionaires rich.

[Marblehead]

16. that is the key

they must divide us so we don't blame them....

[HiPointDem]

8. kr

[LeftInTX]

11. So true, so true

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. Or the intentional theft of the rich (bailouts). K&R!

BTW, if it's intentional, that makes "austerity", social engineering. The hideous which would be involved in such...

[pampango]

14. FDR made the same mistake in 1937 at the start of his second term. What is the allure

of 'balancing the budget' when everyone knows (well, at least most Democrats should know) that there are many more important problems than the budget deficit?

[Little Star]

15. k&r