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DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
Mon May 7, 2012, 04:38 PM May 2012

Can you hear me now? [View all]

Last time I looked at my bank statement, I will never be able to catch up to the 1%. Not in my lifetime or in the lifetimes of my future generations. That 1% is a small clique for a reason.

Why more tax cuts? What will that solve? The problem is Trickle down. It isn't reaching the bottom. It gets gobbled up before it reaches there. Why are we tossing more money to the wealthy? What good is tossing more water at the home of the wealthy, when the house next door is burning down?

POVERTY is increasing. All of us sooner or later will get sucked into it. YOU are a few paychecks from poverty right now. One accident away from POVERTY right now. THAT BLACK HOLE is growing, and it will get you too, sooner or later.

The rate of poverty in this country should be scaring the holy shit out of everyone. YET I can't find anyone who will talk about it, it is like I am screaming into a tornado. CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?

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