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olegramps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 09:25 AM
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So the Working Class is pissed off at Wall Street and the Bankers
Edited on Sat Feb-21-09 09:36 AM by olegramps
So the people who actually make things and actually provide services are really finally getting pissed off at those who ripped them off.

Well, instead of being pissed off, it is time to get even. There are three sure fire ways to get even with these crooks. The first is raise the income tax on the wealthy to the levels that it was during WWII. The tax on the wealthy was 94% during WWII. It would be totally justified on two levels. The first is that the money that these crooks hauled in was stolen through crooked Company Boards that awarded outrageous bonuses for gross incompetence. We are in a serious situation that threatens the very continued existence of the nation just a dire as we faced in WWII.

The second action would be to not only not destroy Social Security, which is the determination of the wealthy in order to further pad their bank accounts, but to totally erase the present cap of $100,000. Every dime paid out to those making more than $100,000 should be subject to the payroll tax. I would definitely agree with the rescinding of the double payment for professionals such as doctors etc. Further more it should be immediately taken out of the general revenues and as Gore said it should be put in a locked box so these congressional miscreants can't rob it to pay for their bloody wars in which they enrich their arms manufacturing buddies.

Thirdly the rich who have robbed the people blind want to rescind the inherit ace taxes in order to pass on their fortunes to spoiled worthless brats like George Bush. The tax should not only not be rescinded but should be increased to confiscatory levels. Adequate measures can be taken to protect small businesses and farms which the wealthy have used as an excuse to hide behind.

I said three, but I would like to add another one in the name of economic justice. Usury rates charged by banks should be outlawed as they once were before the Reagan administration rescinded all state usury laws to enrich their banking buddies. A Federal usury law should be enacted to stop this blatant rip off of working class people that has allowed the bankers to become nothing more than loan sharks.
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elizfeelinggreat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 09:28 AM
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1. Sounds good, olegramps!
Also, we need to find a way to regulate the media so we don't have to hear the lying and whining 24/7 when these ideas are discussed.
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