Kucinich: ‘Class war is over, working people lost’

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Kucinich: ‘Class war is over, working people lost’

By Sahil Kapur
Thursday, December 17th, 2009 -- 3:05 pm

Class war is over, working people lostWASHINGTON -- Reflecting on the growing divide between Wall Street and Main Street, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Wednesday offered a powerful critique on the state of the economy in an open committee hearing.

"The class warfare is over -- we lost," Kucinich said before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. "I want to make that announcement today. Working people lost. The middle class lost."

The harrowing comments from Kucinich, who is Chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee, come amidst a national unemployment rate of 10 percent, one year and several months after the economic collapse of 2008 has marred the livelihoods of many.

"Don't tell me about class warfare," he continued. "Come to my neighborhoods in Cleveland. I will show you class warfare. I’ll show you hollowed out areas. I’ll show you businesses that went down because they don’t have access to capital. And on Wall Street it is fat city. Don’t tell me about class warfare."

more:
http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4722&Itemid=31
http://rawstory.com/2009/12/kucinich-class-war-working-people-lost/

[TheUnspeakable]

1. k&r-he's right n/t

[G_j]

2. yep

[Craftsman]

3. Agreed

But it is not over.

[Goldstein1984]

17. There are still more of us

than there are of them.

If the masses could get organized enough to do something simple as stopping all non-essential spending for a fiscal quarter, we could send a powerful message--WE CAN HURT THEM TOO.

[Mari333]

4. knr

[asdjrocky]

5. I have fight left in me.

I've got nothing left for the DLC pigs and the Capitulater in Chief.

[hayu_lol]

6. Glad little Dennis finally caught on...

the middle class was under attack from day one of Raygun's Reign.

[AllentownJake]

7. We must send the swine back to the GOP

Where they came from

[asdjrocky]

10. I think we might be past the tipping point here.

It's never really been more black and white for me. This was our best chance for real change in like 70 years, this is the only real chance my generation had, and it's been completely handed over to the big money. That glorious 1%! The real America. The actual voters.

I keep looking for a glimmer of actual hope, but I find none.

Words and acronyms like the DLC, DNC, GOP, Democratic Party, Republican, Blue Dog, Yellow Dog. All those words are empty. They are nothing but a constant supply of shit fed to us so we keep fighting. Classic misdirection.

We all fell for it. We've all been scammed.

Nope. I don't believe the current system of government has much to offer the poor and working poor of America.

We are Two Americas. That is one thing John Edwards had right and it's never been more evident than it is now.

[QC]

8. But...but...but...UFO! Gnome! Um...funny looking! Trotskyite! Trotskyite! n/t

[YOY]

9. Being from Cleveland I know exactly what he's talking about.

n/t

[proudohioan]

12. Being from Cleveland, I second that!

[laughingliberal]

11. Workers/Middle Class RIP nt

[blindpig]

13. Bullshit, we have not begun to fight.

What fight, it hasn't been a fight, it's been a beat down.

Ya don't win a fight by using the enemy's rules. The fight starts when the people discard the Man's rules and start organizing themselves outside of the game.

[Brickbat]

14. Damn straight.

[WillyT]

15. K & R !!!

:kick:

[Greyhound]

16. K&R It's good to know that at least the truth is getting into the record,

even if it is not widely disseminated to the general public.
:kick: & R