In his second inaugural speech FDR declared: We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. Today, we are in another struggle against organized money that, again, is smothering democracy herself. Sen. Bernie Sanders went on MSNBC to explain how the Koch Brothers are leading the war against working families. I fear very much, and I think people may think I am overstating this, I fear very much that this country is losing its democratic foundations and moving towards an oligarchic form of society where a handful of billionaires will control not only the economy, but the political life of this nation... They don’t believe that we should simply not raise the minimum wage. These guys believe that we should do away with the minimum wage, and if you have to work for three bucks an hour or two bucks an hour, that’s freedom. That’s your freedom, and these guys believe that we should privatize Social Security, massive cuts in Medicaid, no support for women’s right, etc. They believe the federal government is terrible, and they want to move toward a society where the big money interests control the economy and the political life.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 05:20:40 +0000
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