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bvar22

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47. Despite the celebratory messages from the White House and MSM....
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 06:52 PM
Jul 2013

....celebrating and catapulting the "Economic Recovery" meme,
ONLY the 1% has recovered.
The rest of us have fallen even further behind,
and the rate of the Working Class Economic Tailspin is INCREASING.
All "they" need now is One More Ring to Bind Them (The TPP "NAFTA on Steroids).


The 25 year plan is almost complete,
and has worked beautifully as designed.

*UNIONS have been destroyed

*Wages and Benefits are in a Race to the Bottom

*The Safety Net is in tatters and being quickly defunded,
and BOTH parties get to blame "The Sequester" and claim its NOT their fault.

The Sequester was a brilliant strategy that gives BOTH Parties involved Plausible Deniability, just like the perfect timing of the Wall Street Bailout,
the heist that was committed during the narrow window between administrations,
letting BOTH side point their fingers at the other.



Right now, forty percent of Americans make less than the minimum wage from 1968.
http://pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/raise-the-minimum-wage-19/?source=search


Daily CEO Pay Now Exceeds the Average Worker's Annual Salary –
http://thecontributor.com/daily-ceo-pay-now-exceeds-us-workers-annual-salary




76% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck
http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/24/pf/emergency-savings/index.html


New Rule (Passed by Congress and signed by President Obama) signals Kiss of Death for Pensions
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100694955

Wealthy win lion's share of major tax breaks
http://www.boston.com/business/news/2013/05/29/wealthy-win-lion-share-major-tax-breaks/Ua0UyYle21EUXub7g1suCI/story.html

Half of America is in poverty, and its creeping toward 75%
http://www.alternet.org/economy/real-numbers-half-america-poverty-and-its-creeping-toward-75-0

Wealth gap widens as labor's share of income falls
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/wealth-gap-widens-labors-share-income-falls-1B6097385

As the Economy Recovers, the Wealth Gap Widens
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/rick-newman/2013/03/11/as-the-economy-recovers-the-wealth-gap-widens

Top One Percent Captured 121 Percent Of All Income Gains
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/12/top-one-percent-income-gains_n_2670455.html

Corporate Profits Hit Record High While Worker Wages Hit Record Low
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/03/1270541/corporate-profits-wages-record/?mobile=nc


These things ^ do NOT happen by accident.
They take careful planning, preparation, marketing, buying the right politicians, message control, and the suppression, intimidation, and marginalization of any opposition,
or even those who ask the embarrassing questions.

These craven, gluttonous, elite sociopaths are very, VERY good at what they do.


You will know them by their [font size=3]WORKS.[/font]

K&R marions ghost Jul 2013 #1
Checks & Balances are what They've deleted .... orpupilofnature57 Jul 2013 #3
They are systematically deleting the Constitution. nt woo me with science Jul 2013 #44
Maybe next time they're all together you could tell them . orpupilofnature57 Jul 2013 #2
"The money is there to solve these problems -- if our leaders wanted to solve them." Fumesucker Jul 2013 #4
Perhaps, it's just that he-- chervilant Jul 2013 #8
I still believe in the inherent goodness of humankind truebluegreen Jul 2013 #27
"We're Broke!" is the biggest lie of our age. reformist2 Jul 2013 #70
K&R...n/t ms liberty Jul 2013 #5
And, the band plays on... chervilant Jul 2013 #6
Majority of Americans today are brainwashed sheepie, not caring, not understanding and I think RKP5637 Jul 2013 #16
On top of that BobbyBoring Jul 2013 #41
Yep, well said! As we used to say in one of the companies I worked for ... RKP5637 Jul 2013 #68
Yeah, they have a plan to deal with catastrophic climate change and the global resource Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #7
The Oligarchs Own The Politicians And Control The System For Their Benefit - To Hell With The Proles cantbeserious Jul 2013 #9
and the Corporate controlled M$M enables it through its complicity. watoos Jul 2013 #11
I regard the M$M as the propaganda masters. nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #23
anti trust laws abelenkpe Jul 2013 #60
k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Jul 2013 #10
Yesterday was Bastille Day The Wizard Jul 2013 #12
The heads of some CEOs & Board members need to roll, too. CrispyQ Jul 2013 #26
Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #30
Love that pic corkhead Jul 2013 #56
It reminds me of some bad old days..... AverageJoe90 Jul 2013 #57
Remind me when we left those bad old days? Hydra Jul 2013 #64
The ONLY fights we have made ANY movement to the Left on are LGBT, bvar22 Jul 2013 #72
Oh, I agree Hydra Jul 2013 #73
oops, on second thought... corkhead Jul 2013 #69
Could they at least get WalMart SCVDem Jul 2013 #13
Best post I've seen on DU for awhile - TBF Jul 2013 #14
They stumble with blinders on and fall hook line and sinker for all types of propaganda, becoming RKP5637 Jul 2013 #17
+1 woo me with science Jul 2013 #43
du rec. xchrom Jul 2013 #15
K. & R. Rochester Jul 2013 #18
TPP and TTIP Marblehead Jul 2013 #19
Yeah. Zorra Jul 2013 #20
Eloquent summation of the great demise.K&R nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #21
K&R. I say we demand and elect politicians willing to pass CCFR, Complete Campaign Finance Reform! Dustlawyer Jul 2013 #22
k/r marmar Jul 2013 #24
Wish I could rec this about a million times CanonRay Jul 2013 #25
Excellent article. The truth is here: CrispyQ Jul 2013 #28
Exactly right. truebluegreen Jul 2013 #29
There IS a method behind their madness Jessy169 Jul 2013 #31
Interesting. RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #37
Yes I think that is exactly what is going on too. LiberalLoner Jul 2013 #52
I reject this 100% (nothing personal, because I know my opinion is just that...opinion) Moostache Jul 2013 #58
I agree with you on many points Jessy169 Jul 2013 #74
K&R. nt DLevine Jul 2013 #32
K&R woo me with science Jul 2013 #33
Everything the MSM allows us to bicker about is a distraction RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #36
A few of us recognize this. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #66
Hey billionaires!! How are you going to continue to siphon wealth.... Initech Jul 2013 #34
It's not about the money at that level, they already have far more than they could ever need. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #35
At a certain point, they won't be able to work together to the extent they do now. RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #39
Exactly. They, as a group, are precisely the wrong people to achieve anything positive. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #40
KnR. Threads such as this are why I continue to come to DU RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #38
The hell with humanity! Thankfully, the rich'll be A-OK in floating cities... Octafish Jul 2013 #42
Floating castles--otherwise known as Sitting Ducks Demeter Jul 2013 #46
The 1% are delusional Demeter Jul 2013 #45
Parasites are exactly what they are duffyduff Jul 2013 #50
Yup. LiberalLoner Jul 2013 #53
Despite the celebratory messages from the White House and MSM.... bvar22 Jul 2013 #47
^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^ woo me with science Jul 2013 #48
Thanks, but I am deeply ashamed of the World I am leaving to my children and grandchildren. bvar22 Jul 2013 #51
No doubt nolabels Jul 2013 #65
k&r avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #75
Absolutely. K&R. nt. polly7 Jul 2013 #49
. blkmusclmachine Jul 2013 #54
DURec leftstreet Jul 2013 #55
so much for the 3-legged stool SnakebiteSnakebite74 Jul 2013 #59
I wish to God I could argue with you on this, even just a little 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #61
esponce to 99monkey political_battle Jul 2013 #62
Which "they" are you referring to? 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #63
Thank you. Kicked and Recommended. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #67
Yet people keep voting for them, voting to empower them. Waiting For Everyman Jul 2013 #71
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