We Want to Live Not Just Survive

Is there a working (or not working) person out there today who doesn't in their heart already know this. The chart illustrates worker's share of income since 1940, however  it's the last 10 years  that really scare the shit out of me.  As jobs continue to disappear overseas, American workers are being squeezed like never before.  The politicians in Washington are so out of touch with what Joe and Jane Sixpack need to survive it's not funny.  Meanwhile the middle class continues to shrink and the disparity in income between the top 1% and the other 99% grows.  It's obscene.

Will we ever wake up in large enough numbers to put a stop to the rape of the American people by the corporate-political elite?  The change promised by Obama is no change at all.  It's business as usual in Washington with deep pocketed lobbyists (thank you spell check) buying politicos by the bushel and Republicans telling us that more tax cuts for the rich will create more jobs.  How's that been working out for the last 30 years? Instead of re-electing the same bums who cozy up to Big Business I think it's time for a discussion about term limits.  2 terms and out, go get a real job.  The time has come to elect citizens and not lifetime politicians who have no concept of what it takes to live in 2011 America.  It isn't a two party system; it's more like corporate ownership of our government with the elites all in the same bed, irregardless of which side of the aisle they are from.  Instead we are heading for a two tier society where the Lords and Ladies (them) rule over the serfs (us) just like the good old days.

 

Holy Shit!

Divide and conquer, its a strategy used for thousands of years to defeat one's enemy and its come home to the class war currently being fought in this country.  The ruling, moneyed elite have successfully framed the economic crash perpetrated by Wall Street criminals into a battle between working people.  State budgets are under pressure why?  Because of the economic meltdown created by the manipulations and greed of  the billionaires running the country.  Not because  a teacher or janitor has decent health care or a living pension.  The millions of lost jobs, foreclosures, business closings and other effects of the crash have decimated tax revenues and left the country reeling.  So what to do?  Well how about taking away the right of workers to bargain as a unit, collectively.

The billions stolen by devious Wall Street banksters leaves the rest of us fighting for our share of the crumbs left over.  Union or non-union workers it doesn't matter, we of the shrunken middle class have a lot more in common than not.  Do not the public sector or private sector janitor confront the same problems and worries?  Raising a family, putting food on the table, insuring the car, paying the mortgage, saving for college, taking a vacation, improving our lot in life and giving our children the best life possible?Aren't we all being ripped off equally?  Is it too much to ask the ultra rich to pay their fair share or is it better to grant them tax cuts (we did) and pick on teachers and firemen?  The sad thing is the aristocracy has us fighting each other to keep to spotlight off the immoral behavior of the elite.  They want it all.

What's happening in Wisconsin should be an affront to all working people.  The Kochsuckers, would strip worker's unions of all rights on their way to raking in more billions.  One thing that makes me laugh (ruefully) is the part of Governor Walker's bill that privatizes state utilities with NO BID CONTRACTS and that happens to be the Koch's business, never got a mention.  The issue however has been cast as the huge salaries and benefits for public workers, what a blatant misdirection play.  Are teachers getting rich at the expense of taxpayers or are billionaires bleeding all of us, union and non-union, public and private workers?  Think about it.