Debt is manufactured by investors & they get paid 1st at the expense of the rest. Screw them. [View all]

[HiPointDem]

It is clear. With both parties abandoning labor we no longer have a rational ruling class that controls the people by handing out just enough goodies to keep people at bay. Instead we have two parties sucking at the money tree. Without unions to counter balance through the force of millions capable of shutting things down, it is “Katy bar the door..."

We hear how we have to work the politicians – like lobbying for tiny laws will get us somewhere.... The only way to lobby these clowns is to throw thousands of bodies in front of them. Then we have something to talk about...

The entire crisis is about debt servicing and the workers are the ones who have to pay. A recent piece in the Times made this point by a Greek leftist leader: “It wasn't us who weren't paying taxes, it was the elite -- the 1% -- or the 10%.”
Just think of it. Debt is manufactured by investors and they get paid first at the expense of the rest of the population. I say screw them. Let them put their money in a bank at 1% interest like I have to do....

Chris Hedges made some great points:

Those who have the largest megaphones in our corporate state serve the very systems of power we are seeking to topple. They encourage us, whether on Fox or MSNBC, to debate inanities, trivia, gossip or the personal narratives of candidates. They seek to channel legitimate outrage...into the black hole of corporate politics. They spin these silly, useless stories from the “left” or the “right” while ignoring the egregious assault by corporate power on the citizenry, an assault enabled by the Democrats and the Republicans. Don’t waste time watching or listening. They exist to confuse and demoralize you.

A blogger commented: “The Wisconsin recall debacle is the final stamp on the ‘dead game of electoral politics.’ Occupy.” Occupy indeed. The power is in the streets. We have to learn from the police tactics that managed to disrupt Occupy Wall Street by organizing not to lobby politicians but building structures that enable people to resist. And unions are our best bet. The problem with most unions is that they are in the hands of a small version of an oligarchy, undemocratically run and shutting out voices of criticism...

I will be making my first visit to Detroit this summer for the AFT convention where we can expect an outpouring of support for the Chicago teachers from around the nation.

http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2012/06/coming-soon-to-nation-near-you-greece.html