Hope that the pitchforks are ready

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On personal levels whether working or receiving benefits, the 99% when the money runs out or runs low 'live austerity' daily having to decide whether to eat less, pay a bill or go to collections. The 99% other than getting more and more part time jobs till they are working 24/7 do not have options to just borrow endless money with a credit score of 300 and certainly cannot tax people to get more.

Unfortunately the word Austerity to our government brings out the immediate threat of SS/Veterans benefit cuts as the first and only option, those 2 programs are the program cuts of choice the last 4 times there have been calls to not extend the debt but reduce the budget.

True austerity is for the little people, to manage their meager incomes better while governments spend spend spend and any attempts to press austerity to them is just met with threats to cut off the 99% and make meager incomes even leaner. Heavens sake the furor if the 1% or other budget hogs had to reduce spending.

Half to think the Military Industrial Complex is more than a bit nervous at this juncture of our Country. Society seems very tense much as the late Sixties. Tons of chatter in day to day conversations and kind of awareness to what the hell is really going on. Most folks only know what they see on their I-phones or Twitter. Our Media is a complete failure as a fourth estate functional entity.

A main reason I'm behind Bernie. A main reason I know we now need movement politics, especially in this age of extreme gerrymandering and corporate courts.