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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 10:16 AM Jun 2012

Who is taking more political heat right now -- Wall Street or public workers?

"Here's a question to chew on: Who is taking more political heat right now -- Wall Street (even after that JP Morgan news) or public workers? "


First Read: "Republicans have been VERY effective in selling the public that blame for the problems in government lies at the feet of public workers and their public pensions for the budget deficits out there -- federal, state, and local. When there's an economic downturn, Democrats and liberals often point their fingers at Wall Street and big business. Republicans, in previous economic downturns, haven't been as effective at giving an anxious public someone to blame until now. But ever since the financial industry and economy collapsed in '08 -- exploding the size of deficits because tax revenues went down -- Republicans and conservatives have handed the public public-sector workers and their pensions as the focus of their ire."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/06/07/whos_to_blame.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PoliticalWire+%28Political+Wire%29

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Who is taking more political heat right now -- Wall Street or public workers? (Original Post) kpete Jun 2012 OP
Money wins every time. Forget democracy it's not happening and the power is rainy Jun 2012 #1

rainy

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1. Money wins every time. Forget democracy it's not happening and the power is
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 10:53 AM
Jun 2012

so currupt that is will take a deep and profound effort to change it. The media is a huge problem as you here all know all too well. Plus the democrats are currupt as well so we can not look to them. It is all up to us now. We have to step up to the plate for our futures.

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