it's amazing that more people aren't pissed off about their flat-lined wages. I guess that's what happens when the other side resorts to scare tactics and race-baiting and people are dumb enough to swallow it. Fear and hate trump righteous anger!

First, the greedy class is keeping more than their share, and
second, growth as a way of life is probably over for good.

(see: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/growth_is_the_problem_20120910/ )

In the future we can expect to see the greedy class taking even more in a futile effort to maintain their level of wealth in a world that has less real wealth to offer every day. We are past the carrying capacity of the planet and we are depleting everything; oil, farmland, water, fertilizers, rare earth elements, ocean fish, polar ice, etc. There is no spare real wealth left upon which to base rising wages and improving standards of living. Civilization has entered a downward spiral and there's no going back to the way it was.

- There is no longer anything resembling "job security" for most people. My dad got out of the Navy in 1956, went to work for an aerospace firm, and stayed at the same company until he retired in 1987.

- Holiday bonuses, when they have existed at all, have been grandfathered at a higher level to people who had more seniority than I did. This has been the case at three of my numerous jobs.

- Employee contributions for health insurance have risen dramatically, as have deductibles.

- More and more people seem to be in careers where union representation is impossible. More types of jobs are classified as "professional," which makes people exempt from overtime pay.

- The job market for new college graduates is much tougher than it was when I entered the workforce, and that was in the middle of a recession.

7.5billion to over 50billion in 7 years you say?

Wow when I make it and get rich it'll be so awesome to get so much richer even!

when they have their head so far up their bosses arse they can't see the light of day. We are suppose to be united but workers don't give a rats arse about their fellow workers. The whole country is full of nothing but sell outs, scabs, liars, cheats and law breakers.

- The Reagan and Bush taxcuts did precisely what they were supposed to do...put more money in the hands of the "job creators", so where are the FUCKING JOBS? And where is the "lifting of all boats"?

- Why do you bitch and moan about a 30, 40, or 50% tax rate, when the only tax return we've seen from the Rebuke multimillionaire running for President shows a tax rate of 13%? Just who the fuck is paying 30, 40 or 50%???

their head so far up the 1% arse.

There is no national health plan and the "safety net" doesn't catch you until you've bounced off the ground a few times, maybe never.

Really, what's so hard about making sure everyone's got a safe place to sleep, enough to eat, and a place to get medical care when it's needed?

Why should people and families be allowed to accumulate so much money they can manipulate our political system for their own benefit at the expense of the poor and the middle class?