Where are the Anonymous and Occupy Wall Street people have they been driven underground? Have they lost support? Lost interest? Are they in jail? Are they still alive? Or are they just beaten and scared of what the 1 percent can do to them? Of all these things I could understand, but if they have been bought off by the 1 percent, that would be the cardinal sin and I would hope for all the world’s 99 percent that being bought off is not the case.
They must be given credit of starting the conversation about wage and life style inequality between the 1 percent and 99 percent. And even with other distractions, such as the revolutions in Arab Spring, Ukraine, Liberia, and Afghanistan. Of course, the USA’s local problems, plus Palestine and Israel, are distractions, but even with these distractions the main cause of the problems for 99 percent people are all the levels of inequality between the 99 percent and the 1 percent.
The 1 percent with all its money and power hording will continue to be exposed for what they are and dealt with for these corporations are anti-worker and must be stopped before they bankrupt all the countries with democracies which depend on the capitalist consumer system dependent upon on the 67.5 percent of the toilers’ spending to support the system.
The money hoarders are leaving this country to avoid paying taxes for the use of the Commons, which they use to make their money but are refusing to maintain or upkeep. This mentality will end up killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Companies are once again are eating their seed corn for a short sighted gain or profit, which only enriches their CEOs and stockholders on Wall Street at the expense of the toilers on Main Street.
We might be beyond the ballot box to change this. The ballot is owned by the likes of the Koch brothers types and if that is the case what are the alternatives? Time is running out. For the toilers the 40 plus years of onslaught against the unions are reaping the benefits for the GOP anti-union 1percent. They now control many state Houses, Congress, and maybe the Senate, too. So, will the future be a lot of Ferguson, Missouris?
I hope that I am wrong, but what I see at this time is our unions are going to be in the fight of their existence. This is the most perilous time of our life. The life we had is threatened like never before. Unions are the largest organized group of people who can save our country if things keep going the way they are heading at this time. We need to all stand together for power, but we each must prepare and plan to take care of ourselves and our families. We can fight the big fight and not be distracted by worry about things that can and should already be taken care of. For instance, stashing at least one month’s pay and at least a month or even a year’s worth of food, whether the food is staples (pasta, rice, canned goods) and meat or chicken in the freezer. Keep your vehicles' tanks full and if possible a gas can full. It’s in your best interest to also save money for house or rent payments plus extra. This is not new thinking for us old trade workers who had to prepare when...
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