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In reply to the discussion: In POB's Own Words:"Democrats have to accept the need for entitlement reform" [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)interest on that loan and they must be made to pay it back. They can start by ending their stupid, unnecessary, wars for profit and continue by starting prosecutions of those who collapsed the economy and retrieving some of the money they stole.
We can tax them to get back some of the profits they made from the borrowed money they invested in their failed wars and corrupt schemes that collapsed the economy.
But to do that we must elect people who are not bought by the very people who have created this mess anymore. Yes, it will be hard, but it's up to the people. We have the power, we just need to use it. For that we need leadership and I am confident that like other times in history, this takeover of the country by corporate interests will come to an end eventually when the people have had enough. It has already begun and you see how frightened they were of the people when they took to the streets. Enough to send out armies of robo cops to try to crush them.