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DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
17. If we keep going the way we are going
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 06:29 PM
Jan 2016

Eventually the underclass will storm the Bastille. We're not there yet, but that's our trajectory. We need to radically change the wage structure in this country. It doesn't require "revolution" it's been done before. We can create disincentives to outsourcing, we can cut defense spending and shift our focus to public works, we can provide a structure that fosters collective bargaining rather than attacking it at every turn. We can create a tax structure that discourages the super rich from scrounging for every last dime. We can easily tax Wall Street transactions and regulate their Ponzi schemes. This are not crazy ideas. The thing is, most people agree with most of these things. It's a matter of breaking the stranglehold of the elites and we have to start sometime.

The fiction is that we can continue on the path we're on without becoming a Banana Republic Armstead Jan 2016 #1
Going to the moon used to be fiction. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2016 #2
So sez the puppets of the Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos Health Wagon Jan 2016 #3
Oh, look! The WaPo is desperately seeking relevance. nt Xipe Totec Jan 2016 #4
What a hit piece. SusanCalvin Jan 2016 #5
NO YOU CAN'T! frylock Jan 2016 #6
Can't do what? CajunBlazer Jan 2016 #7
stuff frylock Jan 2016 #8
What stuff? CajunBlazer Jan 2016 #10
Good stuff. frylock Jan 2016 #11
What good stuff? CajunBlazer Jan 2016 #13
Finally ... Sanders' campaign is getting the scrutiny it deserves. NurseJackie Jan 2016 #9
i can sit in the garage all day..... restorefreedom Jan 2016 #12
We're going to hell in a hand basket DefenseLawyer Jan 2016 #14
So what is Bernie's plan workinclasszero Jan 2016 #15
If we keep going the way we are going DefenseLawyer Jan 2016 #17
Deja vu all over again Nanjeanne Jan 2016 #16
DU rec...nt SidDithers Jan 2016 #18
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