huffingtonpost.com — When a governing class develops in a democratic society, it loses contact with the people who elect it. In many ways America is burdened with such a class, which has amassed power over the past fifty years, until it arrived at a place where its right to rule goes almost unchallenged. Let's look at who belongs to the ruling class..
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virus9Oct 23, 2007
@ Senor-While they would have to make goods and services cheaper, profits would remain stable because A) the cost of doing business would be lower, B) people with lower incomes would have more disposable income which they will use to buy more goods and services, and C) a living wage with no income tax would make it easier for workers to be more productive since they wouldn't be stressing out nearly as much over how they're going to cover their basic expenses.Aside from the outsourcing of phone reps, how do you export service sector jobs? I think the shipping costs alone would make it prohibitively expensive for a hotel to send its toilets out to be cleaned.You also seem to be missing my point about implementing a living minimum wage.
repeteOct 24, 2007
Another (Great? Still trying to make up my mind) movie on the subject, <a class="user" href="http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/">http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/</a>
Closed AccountOct 24, 2007
"Unknown to the average citizen, the religious right has infiltrated every department of the executive branch by the use of civil-service appointments."Sounded good until he started spouting liberal, anti-Christian conspiracy theories. There is one group who is dramatically overrepresented in the Bush administration, but it isn't fundamentalist Christians: Try Israeli Americans. The problem is militant Zionism, not Christianity.
richnessOct 25, 2007
As a Republic, what are WE going to do about it? Well, informing others is a good start.
Closed AccountOct 26, 2007
The key to restoring order is to abide by the Constitution, and refuse to tolerate politicians who would do otherwise. That is why I am voting for Ron Paul. I don't agree with him on everything, but if we don't get rid of the pawns of elitists political party affiliation and all concerns will become irrelevant.
observant1Nov 1, 2007
yet at the same time we have corporate welfare that is 3-4x what the people ever get, and the companies use the funds to leave the country and the people here unemployed that has a way of making them dependant.. then out the other side we have people in power making it A-OK to import chinese slave made consumer goods that bankrupts the remaining manufacturers making millions more unemployed and dependant. hello ? and another branch busily importing DRUGS people do to escape reality and feel like something, selling the crud to exist, getting busted for it and locked up where they charge the taxpayers 50k a year per inmate ... what has been created is a vicious spin down a toilet into the sewer.
rulingclassDec 11, 2007
There's only one way to discover the true ruling class in America. Google "i rule the frigging world" a coupla times.