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(38,958 posts)the case.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Only the hard working and the working hard* deserve retirement. And the 1% will determine those that are deserving.
Clue, it ain't us.
*working hard; often repeated Bush phrase created to plant a subtle seed in the minds of the ignorant.
Remember when Bush would say in a folksy way they were working hard it was to specifically connect with working class people.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)and that includes the SS Trust Fund, starting with SSI/SSDI benefits, Medicare/Medicaid, private pension.....etc.
Also, if SSDI is depleted next year and with the republicans refusing re-allocate funds from SS as has occurred a dozen times previously including during the reagan administration, how is cutting SSDI benefits by 20% going to replenish the disability insurance fund so benefits can continue?
Just throwing that out for anyone who cares to respond.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Wall Street and the MIC wasted that money and were fully rewarded for it. Actually we can more accurately say they stole it. Especially considering the Iraq War was completely unjustified.
That is why many of us are so pissed off that the Bush Administration was never called out for their treason and war crimes.
Just my rant.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Could be replaced by servant robots or servant zombies, the 1% would be happy. In fact, that is they way it already works, kinda...
madokie
(51,076 posts)Locrian
(4,522 posts)The 1% have a complete disdain for anyone not feeding the economic engine. And the more intimate you are to that, the more worth you have.
So any other pursuit that doesn't feed it, or any manual labor or mental labor not directly tied to that fantasy is debased.
With the shift to pure speculation vs manufacturing etc - the gap is even larger: only the ones shuffling the $$ around and creating $$ out of thin air are valued.
The rest of us they treat as ignorant suckers, not fit to control their own lives. We're commodities / cattle to be manipulated and extorted for profit.
Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)Ya think?
You saying the 1%, the economic elite look down
or even disdain the working poor or minorities?
That they hold "lower class" people in contempt?
shocking
TBF
(31,921 posts)that might be true. I don't think they give us a thought AT. ALL. Like George Carlin used to say "it's a big club and you are not in it". As long as they are getting the money they want they are happy. If they don't like the bottom line they make cuts. They don't give a second thought as to what happens to actual people when they make those cuts. "It's just business".
And that is what is wrong with capitalism in a nutshell.
Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)Pathological. It's their religion and dogma.
Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)This is what your "betters" think of you...
But McClintock argued that raising the minimum wage would rip the first rung in the ladder of opportunity for teenagers, for minorities, for people who are trying to get into the job market for their first job.
The California Republican explained that the minimum wage was not supposed to be a living wage that could support families.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/gop-rep-keep-minimum-wage-low-for-minorities-who-arent-worth-more-than-7-an-hour/
rock
(13,218 posts)What'cha got?
Initech
(99,912 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)The tenth-percenters' wet dream.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)Whoa! YEAH!
Great "Toon" and what else can one say about "Corporate Speak" Invading America.....and it goes on......and ...on.