Blueherald on "Class Warfare" by the Wealthy, esp. Republicans against Working Americans

[Matsubara]

"America's Poor are better off than the middle class in Europe! They have TVs, microwave ovens and cars!"

Marie "Let them eat hate" Limbaughnette

Never mind that they have no hope of ever owning their home, no job security and no access to affordable health care - so long as they have some cheap-ass TV, a microwave (that's a luxury item?) and some old clunker car (because with out a car in America, you may as well be jobless), they're doing great! :sarcasm:



Anyway, back to the article...

http://blueherald.com/2007/03/class-warfare/#more-2925/


One of the most hilarious, hypocritical, utter bullshit talking points you’ll hear from conservative pundits is that liberals pushing for some sort of equity or social justice are practicing class warfare. Bill Gates actually gives a phenomenal amount of money to charity, but needless to say, he’s not the norm. Class warfare waged by the rich and powerful against the poor and middle class is not only a current reality, it’s been the general rule for several millennia. That’s hardly a secret, although most of the chattering class apparently think it terribly uncivil to mention. The gross and growing disparity of wealth is a serious problem — unless you’re one of the rich and powerful.

You’d really think the super-wealthy who practice class warfare would have the “civility” and “class” to shut up, back off, and let the rest of us live our lives and pursue some modest prosperity of our own versus them stealing yet another piece of the pie when they already own a massively disproportionate portion. I’m not as much concerned about the rich and indifferent. I’m concerned about a handful of families, eighteen to be exact, actively working to make an already horribly unequal distribution of wealth in America even worse, the good of the country and the world be damned.

There is no major socialist party in America. There are no major figures in America urging the people to rise up and seize the monetary assets of Paris Hilton and re-distribute them to the masses. Under even the most taxing of progressive tax codes, say the 92% or so on the top bracket we had in the 1950s, the super-wealthy will remain super-wealthy. Barring mind-blowing stupidity and/or criminal acts on her part, Paris Hilton will never be poor. I know several rich couples, Republicans no less, who give significant amounts of money to charity every Christmas, bless ‘em. The rich are not inherently evil. But neither are they inherently virtuous, and that line about camels and needles comes to mind. Someone inheriting great wealth may or may not be a kind person, but they did not gain their wealth through inherent merit. There is virtually no situation anyone can face where being rich is not an advantage over being poor. Certain kidnapping-hostage situations, perhaps. And if you happen to be an aristocrat living in France in 1789, you’re probably pretty screwed. But apart from that, if you’re rich and/or powerful, you’re sitting quite pretty, you’ve been sitting even prettier thanks to Reagan and both Bushes, and your ass is about to get an even fluffier cushion.

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http://blueherald.com/2007/03/class-warfare/#more-2925/

[bluestateguy]

1. Paris Hilton is reason enough to always keep the estate tax

Or that Wal-Mart heiress Elizabeth Paige Laurie, who cheated her way through USC, and was forced to give up her diploma.

[B Calm]

2. It always has been the rich who fight for class separation. Cheap labor

conservatism is in the roots of the republican party's platform. I will never understand why anyone who works for a paycheck keeps voting for their oppressors!

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3. The rich simply diluted the labor pool

and low and behold, the middle class and the poor became much less wealthy and mobile. It is simply supply and demand.

When all those anti-Union policies Raygun implemented took hold along with outsourcing and in-sourcing jobs, American citizens suddenly had to compete with slave labor, child labor, prison labor, indentured servitude and more. Suddenly a small labor pool that was getting paid a descent wage had been diluted with labor pools that are practically illegal in the US. Can you and I, no matter how much education we get, compete with the price of slave labor? Can you really accept the low wages starving orphans accept? Can any amount of education protect you from a well educated prison class? Communist and dictatorial countries use labor sources that have been outlawed in the US since the 1800. Yet no one seems to think there is any problem with using these desperate classes of labor.

The ubber rich can make millions by using this diluted unrestricted labor pool. But the middle class and the poor have no choice but to join into this free-for-all labor and can't make a descent wage. The result is the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

[Matsubara]

4. kick

nt

[Giant Robot]

5. Kick

For a great article and something we all need to be aware of.

[Sapphire Blue]

6. K&R

Matsubara, I don't remember if I ever welcomed you to DU... if not...




I'm glad that you're here!

[Matsubara]

7. Thanks Sapphire Blue!

Love the flowers!