Robert Reich. Most Americans are one illness, one layoff, one thrown car axle away from economic disaster. And among those who have had such events transpire this year and in recent years theres not only been insufficient effort to extend and expand help to them to get back on their feet but there has been bipartisan agreement to cut WIC aid to women and infants and SNAP food aid by billions of dollars. This while not only failing to jail any of the shady folks responsible for crashing our economy or breaking up the too big to fail banks, but also agreeing to extend their tax breaks, and rolling back the already watered down Dodd Frank regulations that protects us. It is quite simply one of the most shameful and at the same time shameless demonstrations of legislative cowardice and corruption Ive seen in my lifetime. Its time we elect people from among us who understand the price we pay each day working at jobs we can barely stand, standing eight hours a day, with less benefits and pay than all of us should be making while the people at the top get absolutely rich. Its time we all get out in the streets to protest and make noise. Its time we all get out to knock doors and organize meetings and open mic nights to find new representatives out of our ranks who we can fund who will say no to pay to play big money rules and put our children and our Earth ahead of big shots and bankers. I say its way way past time!
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:52:47 +0000
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