"The Plutocrats Are Winning. Don’t Let Them!"

[Va Lefty]

"The $1.15 trillion spending bill passed by Congress last Friday and quickly signed by President Obama is just the latest triumph in the plutocratic management of politics that has accelerated since 9/11... the bill is a bonanza for the donor class – that powerful combine of corporate executives and super rich individuals whose money drives our electoral process. Within minutes of its passage, congressional leaders of both parties and the president rushed to the television cameras to praise each other for a bipartisan bill... proof that Washington can work. Mainstream media (including public television and radio), especially the networks and cable channels owned and operated by the conglomerates, didn’t stop to ask: “Yes, but work for whom?” Instead, the anchors acted as amplifiers for official spin — repeating the mantra-of-the-hour that while this is not “a perfect bill,” it does a lot of good things. “But for whom? At what price?” went unasked."

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/plutocrats-are-winning-dont-let-them

Really miss Bill Moyers' PBS show!!

[daleanime]

1. K&R.....

[fasttense]

2. So the powerful grab up all our tax monies yet again

The rich and powerful, because of the never ending tax giveaways, get representation withOUT taxation, while the middle class gets taxation withOUT representation.

[red dog 1]

3. K&R!

$1.15 trillion spending bill that still allows 1 in 4 corporations to avoid paying any taxes at all.

And for those low-income seniors who rely totally on their monthly Social Security checks to survive, there will be no cost of living increase at all.

President Obama and Congressional Democrats who voted for this spending bill should be ashamed of themselves!