Reply #83: for the 250k people who are stretched

[DonCoquixote]

Part of that reason is because the system is set to ensure you are stretched. Why do you think that rents got so high in the first place? because the billionaires and millionaires not only WANT it that way, they NEED it that way to keep YOU from being in a position to threaten them! If you are in the 250k to less than a million, chances are you make your money doing the work that these millionaire pieces of crap get credit for. You know the type, the office out of Dilbert where everyone knows the boss is CLUELESS, and would not be able to do JACK without the people working for him. Yet, that person went to the Ivy league School, the right church, the right social group, so no matter how competent you are, that person will always be ahead of you! If you make thousands, it is only so he can make millions!

So, how will Brad or Buffy make sure you stay in your place? First, they will make sure any attempt at housing prices and rent control is a JOKE. The fact that you have to piss away most of what you make in rent is NOT an accident, but by design! Why do you think they want all taxes to be sales and property taxes?, because those are the ones that will target YOUR income, ones that THEY have means to avoid! They want you running on the treadmill, making sure that you stress and run every bit as much as the Minimum wagers and temps that clean your office. They do NOT want you saving to form your own small business, where you compete with them! They want you desperate enough to work 70 hour weeks, and pay out the you know what for the medical insurance most other countries take for granted! They never, ever, ever want you to feel that you own anything, have rights to anything, or feel relief from desperation! That is why they want you to know that at any time, they can outsource you, fire you, and do anything to ruin you, and that the credit rates will be so high that everything you worked for can burn up like hay soaked in Vodka!

In short, whatever you are being asked to pay in taxes can and should be YOUR defense against your employers selling you down the river. Ideally,union dues would also be worth it, but we all know that has some flaws. Like it or not, the only thing standing between you and the corporations taking away everything you THINK you own is the government. The affluence you think you have is false, window dressing, an stage that the rich are, as we speak, dismantling and selling off, as the Chinese and Indians learn the sort of skills that USED to be the ticket to good jobs. If you think that somehow, your old family business, or your 30 odd years with the company, or your resume that sings like an operatic diva, means anything, than I challenge you, volunteer at your local unemployment office, and you will see people who had brighter futures than you did, suddenly reduced to nothing! The truth is, whatever you endure now,is nothign compared to what the rich have in store, if we do not keep them in check, because they will have no problem in their townhouse, their money in switzlerand or dubai.