Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Reich: Is America a 3rd world country?

Yes, in these ways. Welcome to our Banana Republic.

1. Political power is in the hands of the wealthy and corporations.
2.  Wages are kept low, unions are busted, worker protections are gutted.
3. Those in power stoke racist, ethnic and religious tensions.
4. Human rights are stripped and more people are imprisoned.
5. The wealthy and corporations pay little to no taxes  and disregard regulations.
6. Social mobility is limited to nonexistent.

If you don't like it, then we must elect representatives that will get big money out of politics, reasonably regulate corporations, make corps and the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, and more equitably distribute economic gains to all people. That means electing progressives with a proven track record of voting for exactly those policies. Anything less is perpetuating the rigged system.

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