A startling new study proves that America's Middle Class has been utterly, completely wiped out -- these are the people all politicians are always talking to, in theory. What happened? Apparently, wages have been declining for thirty or forty years and pensions have vanished and the one asset 90% of middle class people owned is no longer worth anything. (That asset is "their house," and many have also lost the actual house, in addition to its supposed value before the crash.)
I actually heard a govt. ad on the radio today saying that you may be eligible for food stamps, which are now called S.N.A.P. . One portion of the ad went :"Even if I have a car? Maybe. Even if I have a job? Possibly. Even if I own a home? Maybe." That is fucking sad, that ads like that have replaced ones on the very same station touting bogus home equity loans were the guy said " You're not being a man if you're not taking advantage of this"
The 'baggers seem to think that the rich will hire millions of us as chauffeurs, butlers, maids and gardeners ... if only we reduce their taxes.
Words fail..they really do. For all folks snark on the French, they at least have the gumption to take to the streets. The US is so befuddled by cheap soda, pricey Slim Jims, and missing white children that...aw fuck it.
At home and abroad - from acute fiscal mismanagement to chronic foreign misadventures - Bush and his Repiggie majority led the American Experiment into descent and collapse. Obama may be sorry he ever wanted the job.
That's funny but also true. And then the rich will justify pressuring for some deregulation or exemption on the grounds that, hey they pay the taxes.
I remember when I was starting to study engineering stuff which included a few robotics courses at some college I was also getting into reading Kurt Vonnegut. After I read Player Piano I was depressed because I could see the future he was predicting in what I was learning. This economy looks and feels like Player Piano.
I actually heard a govt. ad on the radio today saying that you may be eligible for food stamps, which are now called S.N.A.P. . One portion of the ad went :"Even if I have a car? Maybe. Even if I have a job? Possibly. Even if I own a home? Maybe." That is fucking sad, that ads like that have replaced ones on the very same station touting bogus home equity loans were the guy said " You're not being a man if you're not taking advantage of this"
Even our music is dominated by the <strike>ultra-rich</strike> job creators. Fixed.
Just don&#039;t grow those taters and beans in your front lawn.
The &#039;baggers seem to think that the rich will hire millions of us as chauffeurs, butlers, maids and gardeners ... if only we reduce their taxes.
The rich have managed to grab only 50% of everything so far, so relax... they have a ways to go.
&quot;Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar&#039;s.&quot;
I never understood why nobody said, &quot;Wait a minute ... that&#039;s ALL of our money!&quot;
Just as in classic cartoons, I am betting that my fashionable line of wearable barrels will be just the sort of bootstraps I am looking for.
Orphans trained to stack themselves neatly?
Words fail..they really do. For all folks snark on the French, they at least have the gumption to take to the streets. The US is so befuddled by cheap soda, pricey Slim Jims, and missing white children that...aw fuck it.
At home and abroad - from acute fiscal mismanagement to chronic foreign misadventures - Bush and his Repiggie majority led the American Experiment into descent and collapse. Obama may be sorry he ever wanted the job.
That&#039;s funny but also true. And then the rich will justify pressuring for some deregulation or exemption on the grounds that, hey they pay the taxes.
i heard this on the news and can&#039;t really snark.
i haz a sad for my sad angry country.
If only they&#039;d pay more taxes they could be rich!! Just ask Orin Hatch or any of his buddies.
Rich, I tells ya.
I remember when I was starting to study engineering stuff which included a few robotics courses at some college I was also getting into reading Kurt Vonnegut. After I read Player Piano I was depressed because I could see the future he was predicting in what I was learning. This economy looks and feels like Player Piano.
&quot;The rich recovered; the rest of us didn&rsquo;t.&rdquo;
How do you recover when you didn&#039;t really stumble to begin with? Does watching other people stumble count?