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In reply to the discussion: I realized tonight that America's 99% are fucked for years to come [View all]DAngelo136
(296 posts)Ok. WE are the 99%. All the 1% have is money...our money. The money that they got through tax breaks, tax reductions, bailouts and sweetheart deals. The the money they loaned to our governments that should have been wage raises now are interest payments TO THEM that is rightfully OURS.
The Koch Brothers and their lackeys need all that money because they have to persuade some of us that a pig with lipstick is really pretty when we all know it's just a pig with lipstick and you need a lot of money to do that. Every one of us has our vote, and a voice. Think of Tommy Douglas; the Baptist minister from Scotland who got National Healthcare into Canada, who today is now considered "The Greatest Canadian". Think of all of those men and women who fought for the right to form a union and then got concessions and benefits that became the bedrock of the middle class. Think of Robert "Fighting Bob LaFollette, who fought for women's suffrage, labor reforms and recognized early on the dominance of corporations. Think of Paul Wellstone, who fought in the Senate for issues such as the environment, labor and health care. Most of all think of your mothers, fathers and grandparents; the people who worked hard all their lives, who fought in the wars and conflicts that made it possible for the Koch Brothers and these ungrateful Republicans to have the millions that they now enjoy and who now want to throw them into complete and utter destitution. What will we do about this? Do we let them get away with this? I say NO! I won't rest until every corrupt and useless politician is out of positions of power. Whether it take years or generations, does not matter. Until WE drive every moneychanger out of the temple of governnment, we will not rest, we will not sleep, we will prevail. If not now when? If not you, who?
If you need motivation; I've got some for you here:
(Paul Wellstone on Grassroots Leadership)
(Tommy Douglas' "Mouseland"
(Bluto Blutarsky's Speech from "Animal House"