Let's restore America to how it use to be...

[Playinghardball]

[RainDog]

1. the biggest joke

about all the southern whites who vote for Republicans is that it was the New Deal that brought electricity to the region, that focused on education to bring people out of poverty, that offered a G.I. bill to help pay for that education....

so, in one generation, the south built a strong middle class (and this legislation helped African-Americans as well, but whites were still privileged) in what had been one of the most feudal areas of the nation.

and the politicians they vote for are trying to bring this feudalism back.

"Stupid white people" - Nobody (Dead Man)

[Cha]

2. Yeah, yippee.. before we've made as many advances

as we have for minorites, women, and health care.. the good ol freaking days.

We're going FORWARD.. yeah, it ain't easy.

thanks Play

[leftstreet]

3. Unions dead. Minimum wage a joke. Social programs gutted

Looks like we're on our way back in time!

[alp227]

4. Ha! I also think of this Tom the Dancing Bug toon

http://gocomics.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5f3053ef013485dc2183970c-800wi

[woo me with science]

5. We are well on the way, and

with our Democratic President pushing the Trans-Pacific Job and Wage Killing Treaty and cuts in Social Security, we should be there very soon.


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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014400736

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022384139

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021922334

U.S. Income Inequality Now Worse Than Many Latin American Countries
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022268073

Ranks of working poor increasing
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022200197

Inequality Rages as Dwindling Wages Lock Millions in Poverty
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022198286

The Middle Class In America Is Being Wiped Out – Here Are 60 Facts That Prove It
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022144851

Child poverty rates increase unabated
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022268450

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/111631016

Corporate Profits Have Grown By 171 Percent Under ‘Anti-Business’ Obama
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014372334

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002998131

Poverty, hunger among retirees increasing
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002748342

The Economy is "Recovering" By Creating More Low-Wage Jobs... Increasingly Filled By Graduates
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022602162

"Recovery" in US is lifting profits, but not adding jobs
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014414149

Obama to use pension funds of ordinary Americans to pay for bank mortgage settlements
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002205218

What Recovery? Across America, People in Distressed Cities and Small Towns Face Economic Catastrophe
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022545596

Real wages decline; literally no one notices
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11172387

Wall Street Soars with Wealth as Wages Stagnate, Jobs Remain in a Slump
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12526154

Wages for bottom 90% declined 1.2% during 2009-2011 recovery, top 1% income grew 8.2%
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022271466

Three Minimum Wage Jobs Needed To Afford Two-Bedroom Apartment
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022578738

Wages have fallen to a record low as a share of America’s gross domestic product.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022183930

The Real Numbers: Half of America in Poverty -- and It's Creeping toward 75%
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002290698