WHO gets it?

I'm serious about Class Warfare. I imagine most of you are aware of this by now. I think this whole game called "American Dream" is rigged from start to finish.

Someone tell me WHY it's growing increasingly important to go to the best preschools in order to assure the (allegedly) BEST education in college? I heard this and the first thing that popped into my mind was "Are you shitting me?!"

:WTF:

Okay. We've been told ALL our lives that hard work and dedication and paying "your dues" would give you a comfortable life. And it will. As long as you're not downsized, blacklisted, drug-tested, off-shored, partially disabled, mentally ill, physically ill, transgendered, gay, young, old, or the wrong color, religion, or gender or otherwised SCREWED.

What American Dream again?

Pay rent, mortgage, car-insurance, utilies, phone, cable, internet, car payments, car insurance, any OTHER kind of insurance, taxes, fees, and commissions. Work all day at a boring, strenuous, hectic, frustrating, demeaning, and far too low paying job, working for a boss who's abrasive, condescending, sexist, racist, controlling, or bitter, then come home and worry and fret about bills, rent, mortgage, the kids at school, the news, little Johnny's braces, football gear, baseball gear, soccer gear, class projects, school supplies, school clothes, play clothes, the right pair of sneakers, haircuts, broken appliances, a fender bender, the crazy neighbor, God (or life and death or the existence or absence of an afterlife) and THEN what?

Do it all over again tomorrow.

And the greedy and grasping? They have to worry about protecting their property, their children, their land, their stocks, their dividends, their public image, the skeletons in the closet, and who said what about whom?

Or I'd imagine.

I don't want THEIR problems, but I would sure as hell like to have fewer of MINE.

If you know what I mean.

I think John Edwards gets it. I really do. I declared for him about two weeks ago and I'm sticking to it. I think he's got what it takes and the will to do the right thing.

the Monopoly game. I hear ya loud and clear.

Of course I am one of the ones here who has a pessimistic outlook . It is very difficult now days when everything has become a worry each day . These always existed but not to the point where one wonders what is the point anymore .

I never really loved any job but I always felt I was at least getting somewhere and had pride in what I did , no one cares about pride , it's all about how little one can pay for the most performance .

This sort of tends to leave one feeling empty and lost .

I am just trying to pay the usual bills , no extras and have cut back on everything and still just barely make it and constantly worry if I can pay the rent , the rent is first , all else is secondary . I don't have children to worry about and can't imagine how people who do make it or even keep a happy face for their children and hide their worries .

Okay!!!!

I AM!!!

I HATE IT!!!!

They suck me for every livin' drop of water I sweat JUST TO SURVIVE!!!!

My parents 'thought' they could get their kids out of the TRAP their parents fought to escape. My parents BELIEVED they gave everything necessary to advance their kids' lives.

My parents sacrificed,....for a generation that has far less than they did.

The others are too busy collecting money from the rich and corps.

http://www.cleveland.com/kucinich/plaindealer/index.ssf?/kucinich/more/1046082957120930.html

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Kucinich preached "new deal economics": government-sponsored public works programs to create jobs, a single-payer national health insurance plan, and protection of Social Security from Wall Street overtures. His first act as president, he said, would be to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and quit the World Trade Organization.

He wants to establish a "living wage" - a mandated salary scale for government contractors well above the existing minimum wage. He said he would re-regulate "the giant engines of the economy," cracking down on the corporate abuses epitomized by Enron's collapse.

But the energetic congressman with the skimpy legislative record - in part, a consequence of being in the minority party in Congress - did not say how he would pay for these programs.

He did insist, however, that he would rein in the power of corporate America, a cause he has championed since his stint as mayor, when his city fell into default after he refused a bank's demand to sell off the Municipal Light Plant.

"I am the person who has the independence to challenge the corporations that are running this country - that are running both of the political parties," he said at a Democratic caucus meeting in Iowa City.

To an audience member who asked whether he was leery of resorting to class warfare, Kucinich replied jauntily: "If this is class warfare, then, folks, we lost it."
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