The entire alleged shortfall in Wisconsin could be covered by bringing just 180 troops home from Afg

[Hannah Bell]

Fighting the 5 fascisms in Wisconsin & Ohio


The fights in Wisconsin, Ohio, and in numerous other states are about saving the last shreds of American democracy. They burn down to five basic realities:

1) The bulwark of modern democracy is the trade union. This has been true since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. All social programs can trace their roots to union activism, as can the protection of our civil liberties...

2) The material essence of fascism is the extreme separation of rich and poor, a massive transfer of wealth from those on the bottom to those on the top.

The unbalanced budgets in Ohio and Wisconsin are rooted in huge tax cuts given to the rich at the expense of the middle and lower classes. Widespread poverty among those who might otherwise rebel is essential to fascist control of a government.

A largely ignored aspect of this fight is the hundreds of billions of dollars currently locked up in union, government and Social Security pension funds. With unions destroyed, this huge cache of dollars will fall quickly into corporate hands. The additional “benefit” for the financial elite will be tens of millions of impoverished elders desperate for low-wage jobs in virtual slave labor situations...

http://www.cjournal.info/2011/02/23/fighting-the-5-fascisms-in-wisconsin-ohio/

[Hannah Bell]

1. k

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2. There are 300 Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers there now

1 Bn, 147th Aviation are there, and the 724th Engineer Bn just left. The Aviation unit is from Madison.

[thereismore]

3. Bingo. That's just what I was wondering. I think that NG troops should never be used outside the US.

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4. World War 2 was a good example of their overseas use

But, yeah, short of a two-ocean war we should make sure our Active and Reserve components have the personnel to meet our operational needs, and keep the Guard for its primary duties stateside.

[ladjf]

5. Excellent post! Striking a blow against the obscene transfer of

wealth from the lower income individuals and the super rich. Spread the word!