Bill Moyers on America's Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy

[NorthCarolina]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/18/bill-moyers-america-is-on-the-verge-of-being-overrun-by-mad-dash-toward-oligarchy/

Bill Moyers criticized both political parties on Friday for furthering the “protection racket” built to protect the mega-rich from paying their fair share of taxes while extending their influence over politics.

“Sad that it’s come to this,” Moyers said. “The drift toward oligarchy that Thomas Pinckeney described in his formidable book has become a mad dash, and it will overrun us and overwhelm us unless we stop it.”

Moyers pointed out that many members of the “one percent” pay less taxes than the average worker across the board, thanks to tax laws that were drawn up not by nature or divine providence, but by legislators.

[KansDem]

1. The Gillens & Page report due out in the fall...

...will no doubt be an eye-opener. This report will only add fuel to the fire.

In retrospect:
Reaganomics and "trickle down"
NAFTA
Citizens United
Bush v. Gore
Electronic voting and voter suppression
9/11
Iraq war
...to name a few

And in the wings? TPP and Keystone.

They really slammed it to us, didn't they?