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In reply to the discussion: The real truth is that people across the planet are fed up of [View all]ReRe
(10,597 posts)You win first prize! It's a conundrum for sure, between the young and the old. We elders were here when our parents had stable jobs, real pensions, UNIONS, and benefits like health insurance and life insurance. They think we really have lost our minds when we say that.
And yes, the natives are restless in most of the 1st world countries. France, Spain, England, for example. Germany not so much, as they have Unions to represent them. And I keep wondering when and if they are going to cancel the upcoming Olympics in Brazil. I truly don't think the athletes and fans are going to be safe in those venues. Some of them aren't even done yet! Their people have been in the streets in the past years too, understandably.
All the people want, all over the world, isn't gold and silver and a mansion. They just want the basics. A safe roof over their heads, that's not going to leak or fall through when the storm comes. A job with good wages in exchange for a hard day's work. Healthcare. A car to get to work and the hospital and back.
The middle class was/is over-extended on credit, to try to keep up with the way things used to be. This was to replace the cost-of-living raises we used to get, but those went by the wayside back around Ronald Reagan's time and up until now. Why? Because all the productivity that they are getting out of their hard workers is going directly into their pockets as profit. It's theft, if you ask me.
And now, the 1% doesn't even want to pay taxes, leveymg. They've been cleaning up for over 35 years now, and the middle class has been shriveled down. The only reason they went global is because they couldn't get and more out of us anymore, because they had it all! From our pockets to theirs. They have the cash and we have the credit card that will take the rest of our lives to pay off at the speed we're going now.