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In reply to the discussion: It's not an accident [View all]

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
14. NOT an accident!
Wed Jan 15, 2014, 01:12 PM
Jan 2014

Study: "Trade" Deal Would Mean a Pay Cut for 90% of U.S. Workers
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/09/the-verdict-is-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-a-sweeping-free-trade-deal-under-negotiation-with-11-pacific-rim-coun.html

65 percent of working families are living from paycheck to paycheck
http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/10/why-conservatives-old-divide-and-conquer-strategy-%E2%80%94-setting-working-class-against-the-poor-%E2%80%94-is-backfiring/

95 percent of the economy’s gains have gone to the top 1 percent
http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/10/why-conservatives-old-divide-and-conquer-strategy-%E2%80%94-setting-working-class-against-the-poor-%E2%80%94-is-backfiring/

New Rule (Passed by Congress and signed by President Obama) signals Kiss of Death for Pensions
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100694955

Billionaire wealth doubles since financial crisis
http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/11/12/Billionaire-wealth-doubles-since-financial-crisis/5011384268135/?spt=hts&or=12

Corporate Profits Have Grown By 171 Percent Under Obama -- Highest Rate Since 1900
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/corporate-profits-have-grown-171-percent-under-obama-highest-rate-1900

Wealthy win lion's share of major tax breaks
http://www.boston.com/business/news/2013/05/29/wealthy-win-lion-share-major-tax-breaks/Ua0UyYle21EUXub7g1suCI/story.html

US Wealthy Have Biggest Piece of Pie Ever Recorded
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/11-6

Rates of unemployment for families earning less than $20,000 - have topped 21 percent
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JOBS_GAP_RICH_AND_POOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-09-16-08-11-23


Obama Appoints Bain Capital Consultant Jeff Ziets to Top Post
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023662209

Obama selects former Monsanto lobbyist to be his TPP chief agriculture negotiator
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023662210

The Totally Unfair And Bitterly Uneven 'Recovery,' In 12 Charts – HuffPo
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023662029

Larry Summers Gets 'Full-Throated Defense' From Obama In Capitol Hill Meeting
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014553343#post1

Wall Street will get away with massive wave of criminality of 2008 - Statute of Limitations
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022516719

Income gap widest ever: 95 Percent of Recovery Income Gains Have Gone to the Top 1 Percent
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/09/10/one_percent_recovery_95_percent_of_gains_have_gone_to_the_top_one_percent.html

Older Workers:.Set Back by Recession, and Shut Out of Rebound
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/booming/for-laid-off-older-workers-age-bias-is-pervasive.html?smid=tw-share&_r=3&


THIS ^ does NOT happen by accident.
It is the result of carefully planned and implemented Economic Policy.
It requires careful preparation, marketing, buying the right politicians, message control, courts packed with Conservative Corporate Rights Judges, and the marginalization and suppression of any opposition.



You will know them by their WORKS!


It's not an accident [View all] Scuba Jan 2014 OP
K and R geardaddy Jan 2014 #1
Toss in teh REAL rate of inflation dixiegrrrrl Jan 2014 #2
and here is how the MSM reports the Gov. fibs dixiegrrrrl Jan 2014 #3
It's ubiquitous. The lies increase little by little, year after year, and then they Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #6
Hooray. The choco ration will be increased, bvar22 Jan 2014 #12
The Owners Of This Country Do Not Want This To Change cantbeserious Jan 2014 #4
So true. One day I was a happy, secure, 10 year old living on a Marine base mountain grammy Jan 2014 #5
k&r for the truth. n/t Laelth Jan 2014 #7
Yup. It is CHOSEN. woo me with science Jan 2014 #8
Planned & executed by the well entrenched oligarchy! K&R!! hue Jan 2014 #9
K & R L0oniX Jan 2014 #10
First, ronnie624 Jan 2014 #11
The unbridled pursuit of money and material possessions fasttense Jan 2014 #19
I does seem odd, if one thinks about it, ronnie624 Jan 2014 #22
K&R. Thanks for all the great posts, Scuba. nt Zorra Jan 2014 #13
NOT an accident! bvar22 Jan 2014 #14
Excellent compilation for this thread. Thanks bvar22. Scuba Jan 2014 #15
+1. No accident. Enthusiast Jan 2014 #17
In the richest nation in the world, the government has to go to extraordinary lengths to create indepat Jan 2014 #16
Recommended X 1000! Enthusiast Jan 2014 #18
expect no help from the dem party on the issue of poverty. KG Jan 2014 #20
I think we may have to come together on our own. merrily Jan 2014 #21
The battles are fought in the Primary elections. bvar22 Jan 2014 #24
K and R! Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2014 #23
The comfort of the rich depends on a plentiful suppy of the poor. - Voltaire Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2014 #25
kick redqueen Jan 2014 #26
K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2014 #27
Pleased to be rec 100. hunter Jan 2014 #28
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