send millions of jobs to China and India, start endless wars, start spying on citizens,

[whereisjustice]

give banking criminals immunity (and free money) because they are rich, send military gear to local police, gouge the young with outrageous tuition bills, slash middle class wages, hire H1Bs to take even more jobs from Americans, pass stupid goddamn legislation like the Patriot Act, let corporations write their own public policy... then, act surprised when shit hits the fan?

This is class warfare, another surge of apologies would be like pouring gasoline on a fire. Democratic Party needs to take the lead and start holding the rich and powerful accountable for their bad behavior.

[madokie]

1. Pretty much it

Welcome to DU whereisjustice
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[JayhawkSD]

2. Class warfare: This is what we should be talking about.

Instead of minimum wage. In a Bill Moyers piece the guest said that "If you pay a fast food worker $10, or $12, that goes right into the economy. If you give someone some welfare, that goes right into the economy. Because they will spend the money. People making that pay rate cannot afford to save, so they will spand that money."

My reaction was, "Yes, and it's pennies compared to what would go into the economy if we restored five million, ten million jobs that paid $50 per hour that have been shipped overseas." That's what we should be talking about. Not how to make it possible for people to live on minimum wage, but how to restore the power of the working class to negotiate with business on an equal basis.

Think Sally Fields standing on a platform in the middle of a clothing factory with a determined look on her face and defiantly holding up a sign that reads "UNION."

[dickthegrouch]

3. And restore what they've stolen from us /nt

[L0oniX]

4. Unless you want to start a massive revolt ...you can just get used to it ...and vote for Hillary.

[valerief]

5. That's okay. Hate radio is smoothing things over for the billionaires. The "problem" will

just kill itself off eventually. That's what they want. After all, they've got robots to meet their needs now.

[Paper Roses]

6. Welcome to DU. You hit the nail on the head. n/t

[world wide wally]

7. And people believe that we can fix all this if we elect more Republicans

Gag

[msongs]

8. as the dems party is complicit it could start holding itself accountable for its part in this and

change

[Stinky The Clown]

9. In those actions the dems were complicit.

[Dustlawyer]

10. I don't think that any of this will significantly change unless and until we outlaw campaign

contributions and go with Publicly Funded Elections. That would take the control of our government away from the Plutocrats and put it back into the hands of the people. It would take millions of committed people who are prepared to withstand an all out assault as they will not take kindly to our bid to return Democracy to America!
Right now there is not enough focused dissatisfaction, people are still caught up fighting the symptoms of the corruption rather than the root cause. They will try to get Hillary to be the Democratic nominee as she will protect the financial interests of the Plutocrats. If they have a corporate Democrat, they don't care who the Republican nominee is, but the prefer a Democrat who will help them keep a lid on dissension. A Republican would go to far and get Progressives really motivated to do something for a change.
I am sure there are many out there that either think I am a nut case, or that what I propose is too radical or cannot be done. I may be a nut and this idea may be too radical for Americans to accept, and certainly it would have to be a monumental effort, but I am not wrong on the fact that it needs to be done! The purchase of our politicians and judges bodes nothing but bad for our future. The Plutocrats do not know when to stop. The NSA is watching us to report our level of dissatisfaction to help keep a lid on us, but they will always keep us down to extract every bit of money out of the system!

[lpbk2713]

11. Allow the party of NO to shut down an already dysfunctional government.

... to the tune of $24 Billion.


Still waiting for the public outcry on that one. All I hear is crickets.

[Enthusiast]

12. For some unexplained reason the American people are now seen as the enemy.

WTF?

Every single Democratic Party office holder and candidate should have to state their position on free trade agreements, war, tax rates on the wealthy, military spending, mass surveillance and holding criminal banks accountable.

[indepat]

13. What do you get when the right wing gains effective control of the fourth estate and the three

major branches of government: enough germs to catch a bad cold and all the others listed in your OP.

[grahamhgreen]

14. Amen! 2 billion/week in Afghanistan, and god knows what in Iraq now, we're are the deficit hawks?

[JI7]

15. what's going on in Ferguson isn't about those things though, it's about Race