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PatrickforO

(15,109 posts)
32. You've sure got this right
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 08:23 PM
Apr 2014

The idiots on welfare are:
1. CEO's and Boards of Directors who continue to 'vote' each other exorbitant salaries while driving their labor further into poverty

2. The corporate managers who consistently put policies in place to maximize profits at the expense of their workers and their customers

3. Those same corporations who are only hiring part time people and not offering any benefits

4. The corporations who steal pensions from workers and fight tooth and nail to break unions

5. The Congress which created tax loopholes that allow over 30 Fortune 500 companies to not pay any income tax

6. The neoconservatives who blindly believe that keeping this nation on a constant war footing is a good idea because then retiring generals can have cushy jobs while our weapons kill innocent people worldwide

7. The neoliberals who blindly believe that we should deregulate, privatize and cut out social spending so we can have a much less restrained version of capitalism

As my parents used to say, these people are burning both ends against the middle, and pretty soon there won't be any middle left. Then, when people rise up in massive social unrest that turns into a horrible, bloody anarchy, what they think they have built will disappear. Hopefully, this monstrous and brutal way of life can be replaced by a world of social and economic justice.

Think we're capable as a species of making this world what it should be?

Nah. We are the only species of which it can be said that if we went extinct, all other life on the planet would actually be better off.

k and r niyad Apr 2014 #1
K & R Sailingdiver Apr 2014 #2
K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #3
I'm tired of paying oil subsidies and corporate tax incentives. Initech Apr 2014 #4
Excellent! K&R passiveporcupine Apr 2014 #5
K & R ..I'm tired of the MIC and Pentagon draining this country dry. L0oniX Apr 2014 #6
+1 Enthusiast Apr 2014 #13
Love the first photo . No words needed . Excellent . geretogo Apr 2014 #26
K&R! 2naSalit Apr 2014 #7
K & R daschess1987 Apr 2014 #8
I'm tired of being tired of all of that. zeemike Apr 2014 #9
I'm sooooo tired of the corporate welfare kings and queens. Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2014 #10
And that is not the half of it. merrily Apr 2014 #11
Exactly! herding cats Apr 2014 #12
I'm tired of profit over people. -nt CrispyQ Apr 2014 #14
K&R Tribalceltic Apr 2014 #15
Amen, brother demigoddess Apr 2014 #16
K and effin' R! Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #17
K&R! Aristus Apr 2014 #18
I'm tired of economics that trickle UP. DirkGently Apr 2014 #19
Yeah, ain't that a kick in the pants! I smell a rat..... AAO Apr 2014 #24
Hear! Hear! indepat Apr 2014 #20
i am really tired !!! unionthug777 Apr 2014 #21
not very well done imo Mosby Apr 2014 #22
"I'm tired of giving Israel 8 million a day..." mikeysnot Apr 2014 #23
So now what are we going to do about it? DeSwiss Apr 2014 #25
Good one. JohnnyRingo Apr 2014 #27
I wonder how much O'Reilly sends to the pentagon? Blanks Apr 2014 #31
K and R (nt) bigwillq Apr 2014 #28
Yes I am also tired of the oligarchs stepping on our throats. Looks like The Group either rhett o rick Apr 2014 #29
Truly a k&r day SummerSnow Apr 2014 #30
You've sure got this right PatrickforO Apr 2014 #32
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