its not about black and white - its about rich and poor
no one asks where your money came from, they ask do you have it.
keep arguing about race while the middle class becomes obsolete, detroit becomes worthless, and every industrial town where thier are no more jobs.
reminds me of the wizard of oz.
pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
and the man behind the curtain isnt Obama and it wasnt Bush and so on.
the guy reading off the prompter isnt the one pulling the strings anyway. its a dog and pony show.
this isnt directed to anyone in particular just my two bits. (outsider reference
oh and cook - only you can manage to take the most respected poster and have have him blow up like that. good goin kiddo
I think it is always the natural inclination of individuals to look at the rich and say "its your fault, you control everything'. This is nothing new.
Yes the middle class is shrinking, but so is the upper middle class and even the semi rich. The only people who stay rich are the super rich, those who run companies, inherit stock real estate etc. But the shrinking middle class and the shitty economy at large have nothing to do with them. They have always existed.
What has caused this situation is simply put, the automation of many industries through certain technological advances. What differentiates previous post recession recoveries from this post recession recovery is the fact that the jobs that used to exist that people could go get no longer exist. And even scarier, they are never coming back.
The only workers who have a bright future in this economy are union members and government workers, both with lifelong pensions.
That is why even though I have a fundamentally conservative value set, both fiscally and socially, I think it is inevitable that this country will be full blown socialistic. The jobs just don't exist anymore. So it is either have more and more people on the street or have the government support them.
