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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Superrich Don't Need Our Middle Class Infrastructure
The Superrich Don't Need Our Middle Class Infrastructure
Monday, 04 November 2013 15:36
By The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program| Op-Ed
America is falling apart - and this nation's super-rich are to blame.
There was once a time in America when the super-rich needed you, and me, and working-class Americans to be successful.
........(snip)........
But times have changed, and the super-rich of the 21st century no longer think that you and I are needed for their continued success.
And in some ways, they have given up on America, period.
As Paul Buchheit brilliantly points out over at AlterNet, "As they accumulate more and more wealth, the very rich have less need for society. At the same time, they've convinced themselves that they made it on their own, and that contributing to societal needs is unfair to them. There is ample evidence that this small group of takers is giving up on the country that made it possible for them to build huge fortune." .....................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19814-the-super-rich-dont-need-our-middle-class-infrastructure
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The Superrich Don't Need Our Middle Class Infrastructure (Original Post)
marmar
Nov 2013
OP
Nor our public schools, nor our greenswards. Moreover, and more insidiously, our POLITICIANS don't
WinkyDink
Nov 2013
#3
Once a vampire squid has sucked a victim dry it just moves on to the next victim
Fumesucker
Nov 2013
#7
last1standing
(11,709 posts)1. Very insightful.
k&r
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)2. K&R
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)3. Nor our public schools, nor our greenswards. Moreover, and more insidiously, our POLITICIANS don't
need us. Millions in bribes trump legitimate votes.
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)4. if they have given up on America
then get the fuck out!!!!!!!!
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)5. interesting
dickthegrouch
(3,172 posts)6. But when their servants disappear
They'll find out they were wrong
Their cooks, nannies, gas pump attendants, restaurant servers, Nordies private shopping consultants, gardeners, worker-bees, even their cops are all paid as little as possible. When there is no subsidy for the poor, there will be no one to provide all that infrastructure.
I hope they realize before it's too late.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)7. Once a vampire squid has sucked a victim dry it just moves on to the next victim
And drops the bloodless withered husk of the previous victim in the dirt.
Predators are going to predate.