Reply #8: Why is anyone surprised [View All]

[nichomachus]

This is not a surprise. It was all laid out very clearly by Greg Palast in The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.

This is their plan.

Ultimately, they want to bankrupt all governments -- state, local, and federal -- so they can dismantle the social safety net.

Read your local newspaper folks. It's happening. Teachers laid off -- we had no choice. Library hours cut -- we had no choice. Food program cut back -- we had no choice. Elderly program dismantled -- we had no choice. College tuitions raised -- we had no choice. I'm seeing this in every newspaper I look at -- every week. It's like a drumbeat and has been for the last 15 years.

This is what they want. They want to leave officials with "no choice" but to demolish the things that made this country great. The big enchiladas are Social Security and Medicare. When they take those down, then they're coming after the 401Ks and other investment schemes they're forcing people into.

In 1934, a group of corporate CEOs tried to overthrow FDR and install Prescott Bush as a fascist dictator. They wanted to eliminate Social Security, and all the other New Deal programs. The plot failed, but FDR, who needed the support of the corporations for the new deal, didn't hang the conspirators. As a result, they went underground and have been slowly re-emerging over the last few decades -- beginning with the mid-'60s massacre of progressive leaders.

What we're seeing now is the end-game in the fascist coup, the elimination of the social safety net, and the destruction of the middle class.