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xchrom

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Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:01 AM Oct 2012

Jobs are for We, The People. Budget Cuts are for Billionaires. Who Will Prevail?

http://www.nationofchange.org/jobs-are-we-people-budget-cuts-are-billionaires-who-will-prevail-1349273943

We have millions unemployed with millions more underemployed or just gave up looking, our infrastructure is literally crumbling, our trade deficit is horrendous, our "safety net" has eroded below minimum acceptable standards, pensions are cut or gone, the climate is getting more and more unpredictable and dangerous, and how many other problems can you name? But the billionaires will tell you that our biggest problem is too much government -- the very entity that exists to fix those problems. Will we get the jobs that We, the People want or the cuts in government that the billionaires are pushing for?

Deficit Hysteria Is About Cutting Government

Keep this in mind in the coming months -- the deficit hysteria and the "fiscal cliff," are all about cutting government and the things We, the People do for each other, so that the billionaires can have more. Who benefits if we cut government - Medicare, Social Security, the "safety net" programs, education, health and safety regulation and inspection, environmental controls, bank regulation, etc.? All of these help We, the People but are in the way of the billionaires.

How do we get to this bizarre point where DC elite, the corporate media, etc are all talking about cutting the safety net and the things we do for each other, when the obvious problem is jobs? Why isn't this vast media machine writing and talking and showing videos about jobs and jobs and jobs?
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Jobs are for We, The People. Budget Cuts are for Billionaires. Who Will Prevail? (Original Post) xchrom Oct 2012 OP
WHY does the 2% believe they are ENTITLED to tax cuts? pansypoo53219 Oct 2012 #1
kr HiPointDem Oct 2012 #2
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