"...Class War...Getting More Savage"

[handmade34]

http://www.alternet.org/story/149531/the_class_war_launched_by_america%27s_wealthiest_is_getting_more_savage

"...Countries with wide income inequality don’t lead the world in research, technology, industry, and innovation. They’re unstable. They have large underclasses. They have high rates of crime. They have little opportunity..."




...big problem

[Brilliantrocket]

1. How can this be solved?

You can't separate the rich and their wealth in this country.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

3. We could stop this crap, for one thing...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x206909

[rfranklin]

5. Sure it was done by raising the income tax ratesin th 1930's...

and having unions that fought for wages and benefits that created a "rising tide" that lifted the boats of many Americans.

Of course, the uberwealthy and their agents, the Republicans, have worked very hard to reverse that trend over the past 40 years and they have been fabulously successful.

[bobbolink]

9. Most everything is tried in the courts of public opinion. Come together to figure out ways to

reach those who haven't a clear idea of what is happening and why, and that will get the ball rolling.

They already know that corporations are their enemy... the battle is part won, if we would just use the smarts we have to figure out how to reach them.

[TomClash]

2. Not for the Oligarchs

They no longer care for "countries." They can live anywhere, even under the noses of the masses, and turn their wealth and power - the carrot and the stick - into a means to keep the troglodytes in their place. And in most cases, control over the rest of us is easily achieved.

[handmade34]

4. as a global economy

we have become a global community and yes, the wealthy and powerful see the entire global world as their community... we have lost sense of the true meaning of "Think Globally, Act Locally"

[TomClash]

8. Close but not exactly

The entire world is their playpen, not community. At most, they use community as a means to get power and wealth.

[Phlem]

6. exactly

they, live anywhere and I bet their wealth isn't tied up in US currency. They have cash on hand anytime, anywhere so they could really give a shit about what happens here in the US as long as they're interests continue to fill their accounts.

:banghead:

-p

[xchrom]

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