It's been getting more and more ridiculous over the years but two things came together in my head today that particularly drive home the point that there is a concerted war on the middle and lower classes in this country.
First off, the new report showing that the top 400 richest people in the US make more money than that bottom 50% of America *combined*: http://www.good.is/post/the-400-richest-americans-are-now-richer-than-the-bottom-50-percent-combined/ Next comes this excellent infographic breakdown of spending cuts being pushed by Congress versus tax breaks being pushed by Congress: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/02/tax_breaks_infographic.html They are cutting 11.2 billion from early childhood programs while giving 11.5 billion to the rich due to changes in the estate tax. Cutting 8.9 billion for low income housing while providing 8.9 billion in mortgage deductions for *vacation* homes. It goes on and on and on. I keep hearing "sky is falling" people, especially on the right, saying "We're broke, we can't afford these things like social programs". Fuck that. We aren't broke, we're making stupid choices. It's class warfare, pure and simple and it is time people wake up and smell the jack boot. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335024 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
