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Don't know why people are in the streets protesting about the economy?
Read these two articles. One is screencaps of a talk show and the other is cold hard statistical charts.
http://www.businessinsider.com/alan-grayson-bill-maher-wall-street-protests-2011-10?op=1
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1
The short version:
-- The economy is as bad as it was during the Great Depression.
-- Millions of Americans are out of work, and this isn't going to get better anytime soon, if ever.
-- The rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer.
-- Income disparity is at an all time high.
-- The Republicans are in bed with big money. The Democrats merely bed-hop. Either way, big money runs the government.
-- Not a single person has been indicted or prosecuted for destroying 20% of our nation's net worth three years ago.
This morning, the protesters are going to be street-cleaned out of a nearby park. This isn't going to fix any of these items.
One fix is simple and obvious, but not going to happen: jobs programs, whether public or private, for profit or non profit. Millions of Americans are not going to quietly go away and starve.
The longer term fix is to vote neither Demopublican nor Republicrat. A vote for the main parties is a vote in support of the legitimacy and fairness of the present system.
Read these two articles. One is screencaps of a talk show and the other is cold hard statistical charts.
http://www.businessinsider.com/alan-grayson-bill-maher-wall-street-protests-2011-10?op=1
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1
The short version:
-- The economy is as bad as it was during the Great Depression.
-- Millions of Americans are out of work, and this isn't going to get better anytime soon, if ever.
-- The rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer.
-- Income disparity is at an all time high.
-- The Republicans are in bed with big money. The Democrats merely bed-hop. Either way, big money runs the government.
-- Not a single person has been indicted or prosecuted for destroying 20% of our nation's net worth three years ago.
This morning, the protesters are going to be street-cleaned out of a nearby park. This isn't going to fix any of these items.
One fix is simple and obvious, but not going to happen: jobs programs, whether public or private, for profit or non profit. Millions of Americans are not going to quietly go away and starve.
The longer term fix is to vote neither Demopublican nor Republicrat. A vote for the main parties is a vote in support of the legitimacy and fairness of the present system.
