Is it always gonna be this way--the rich win-- the poor lose

[Blue_Roses]

My mom--a lifelong Democrat --at 84 years old said HER dad taught her to always vote Democratic because the rich would win if you voted Republican. This was in the 1930's BEFORE WW2. As a southern farmer he knew he was being f***** then by the rich guy. I know not all rich guys are dicks but what is it about the mighty green back that makes one sell their soul?

[patrice]

1. Ignorance.

[Jon8503]

3. The rich win only as long as you let them. I think if you take a

look at countries where the poor have been abused, there comes a leader or a uniter where organization gets things turned around and going in a more fair direction. Until that leader or time, the rich will win.

[gumby]

2. "Democracy" is the leveling factor.

Let's make sure we don't loose all of ours.

[2Design]

4. political science teacher back in comm college 7 years ago said

Government is for the rich by the rich - the difference between the two parties is the democrats have a social conscience.

I seriously looked at things after that and realized the rethugs have a lot of rehtoric that makes it seem like they will help you - like tax cuts - but the cuts are for our services, our parks, our roads, they never cut what I want them to cut - their perks - their flowers on the tables - their high priced meals and hor duerves -

So I realized I had been duped for my middle years because I believed they were going to do something good for the people - that is the way it sounds - but when you look around there are so many things cut - the park system is in a shambles and our national parks are in danger - I love our national parks- I much rather have them - then more bombs and military wounded - or the president flying all over the country with his cars and limos and the cost of all the protection

in other countries people aren't as guarded as here - our system needs fixing

and yes many sell their soul because they need a job to feed their family and keep a roof over their head - lots of people are unwilling to be whistleblowers because of the consequences - look at what BushCo has done to whistleblowers - hard to fix a corporation whose sole purpose is to the shareholders - IT has no conscience - IT's sole purpose is to make money

Our country is own by corporations

[Jon8503]

5. Thanks for your post. You are absolutely correct. I think also

if some of the people would look at the $200.00 or so they got back from Bush in the so called tax cut, they would see they are paying that $200.00 back and more in higher state taxes, bus fees, parking, other expenses that the wealthy is even unaware about because they never have to use them.

[Nobody]

6. A very telling comment from a Republican relative re social conscience

I recently had the opportunity to put in a good word for some people I supervise at my temp job. None of us has any benefits and there was a chance we might get some.

My Republican relative told me that I should be tooting my own horn and let the rest of the people take care of themselves.

Other people I told this to said this was this was cool.

That's the difference between conservatives and liberals.

Conservative: Me

Liberal: We