State of the Union, swirling down the tubes?

[parrotpirate]

but a flat rate tax system is fairer for everyone imo.

Bullshit.

Propaganda from the rich fucks who are pushing this. Here's a clue. They are pushing it for THEIR benefit not the working class.

Since 1980 when that senile old fuck Reagan was elected the upper 1% have steadily increased their percentage of the wealth of America while the middle-class has been getting it shoved up their ass.


And please, don't give me this "the rich create jobs" horseshit. These CEO get paid for eliminating jobs and shipping them overseas where some Bangladeshi peon will work for a buck a day.

Meanwhile, they give the middle class a lot of phony issues ( gay rights, abortion, flag-burning, immigration, prayer in schools, "SOCIALISM!!!", etc., etc) to get them fired up. What far too many never seem to realize is that the same politicians who give them lip service on those bullshit issues are owned by the same corporate power structure which has been fucking them over for 30 years.

"Yeah - things will be fine if we just get rid of all the fucking Mexicans! Oh, what? My job is being sent to India. Well....at least there aren't any Mexicans around. Thank goodness for the Republican Party."

Damn, Min, don't hold back. I thought I was the only one who referred to Ronnie that way! Pretty much right on ,though. The Repugs flap about social issues to keep the ignorant Jeebus freaks and gun nuts in the fold. Then they pretty much rob and rape and give in to corporate interests and lobbyists to pump more cash to the top.

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They're both waging a war against each other- if you really think the Democrats stand for the things they say they stand for, you are severely misguided. It's a matter of oppositional defiance for the sake of appeal. The Democrats are appealing to the so-called 'liberals' of America, and the Republicans, the 'conservatives.' It is no longer over the issues, it is over power and who gets to control the country in whatever fashion they choose.

That's why we need to try to find real progressives to run. They would almost have to run as Dems, though, since there is really not much chance yet of a third party being taken seriously. I'd vote Green, Socialist, or maybe even Communist if I thought they had a snowballs chance in hell, but there's not.