We Are the Majority ( a great read...taking back america is NOT an option)

[cthrumatrix]

Published in the February, 2004 issue of The Progressive
We Are the Majority
by Bernie Sanders

How do we build a political movement in this country that represents all of the people and not a handful of millionaires?
The middle class is collapsing, the people on top are making out like bandits, and the poorest people are struggling just to keep their heads above water.

Today, the concentration of wealth and income in this country is not only greater than at any time since the 1920s, but it is far greater than in any other major country on Earth.

It is not acceptable that the wealthiest 1 percent of the population owns more wealth than the bottom 95 percent.

That's not America.

It is not acceptable that the 13,000 wealthiest families in this country earn more income than the bottom twenty million families.

It is not acceptable that the greed of corporate America has resulted in the CEOs of large corporations earning over 500 times what their average worker makes.

That's not America, and we're going to change that.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0121-12.htm

Read this and tell me you don't get "pissed".

[Frodo]

1. Great. The one socialist in the Congress tells us "we" are the majority.

There is a difference between Socialism and liberal Democratic priciples. We overlap plenty, but he is not "we" any more than Zell Miller is on the other end.

[cthrumatrix]

2. it speaks to "the majority" - middle class- lower ...we have the power

to vote in who we want....

[cthrumatrix]

3. you want change - it starts at the ballot box

[bearfartinthewoods]

4. earning over 500 times what their average worker makes.

forgive the formatting

http://access.adobe.com/perl/convertPDF.pl

Tax Millionaires No Less Than Secretaries


Edwards will make the tax rate for the unearned income of
the wealthiest 1 percent equal to the top income tax rate on
earned income for middle-class families consisting of
teachers, nurses, and secretaries. Edwards will set the top
rate on capital gains at 25 percent for people earning over
about $400,000, less than the top 1 percent of Americans.


Edwards will also repeal the Bush tax cuts that benefit only
the top 2 percent of Americans, including the new top two
tax rates on income, and the new rates on income from
dividends and capital gains for the wealthiest 2 percent of
Americans. Only those earning about $240,000 or more are
in the top two income tax brackets. In addition, Edwards
will retain the tax on very large estates. 8