Imagine if you woke up tomorrow and found out that you were a second-class citizen

[ck4829]

There's another class of citizen who can lie to Congress and get away with it. You could die while working for them and at most they'd only have to pay a small fine. They enjoy your tax dollars to fund themselves, while they make profits, but don't worry about them paying taxes, because they know where the tax shelters are at. And while they do that, they lobby against safety nets for you and it's so easy because they have the government on speed dial.

So, what is this?
A foreign occupying power?
A throwback to medieval times?
The Visitors?

No.

Corporate America.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501842.html
http://ehstoday.com/ar/ehs_imp_36865/

[damntexdem]

1. That would be just like waking up this morning.

And we're the lucky ones.

[RandomKoolzip]

2. Women and GLBT Americans don't have to imagine it.

[ehrnst]

6. +100

[Safetykitten]

8. Really, when I read the topic, I thought, Imagine it? I live it.

[BR_Parkway]

10. +1

[Bardley]

3. I'd do cartwheels and yell "hallelujah" - because as a citizen tech worker, I'm 3rd class at best

and I would have just gotten a big promotion

just this week

"US Secy (Geithner) wants H-1B visa programme expanded"

never, ever ends

geithner and his buddy bernanke work around the clock to destroy my wage and inflate the price of everything i buy

[MindPilot]

9. +1000!!11!

And welcome to DU

[Kurovski]

12. Welcome to DU!

Thanks for joining. :hi:

[Kennah]

4. Sounds like a promotion. This is better than the deal I was offered by Phil of Heck.

[MindPilot]

5. The constitutions of seven states prohibit me from holding public office

But the reality is none of my people could likely get elected to higher office even though we make up about 15% of the population.

As a non-believer, I don't have to imagine.

[MindPilot]

7. DUplicate!!

Damn! I click post it returns an error. Look at thread, post is not there. Redo the post and then there are two!

[Anakin Skywalker]

11. Some of us have always been.....

[spin]

13. I am a second class citizen ...

our government turned into an oligarchy years ago.

[jtrockville]

14. Yeah, I'd have to go down to 3rd or 4th class if I were to use my imagination.