This toon on "shared sacrifice" DEMANDS its very own thread here

Thank you to Pat Bagley of the Salt Lake Tribune.

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We sacrifice, they divvy up our sacrifices.

in bonuses and perks.

They definitely "share" our sacrifices among themselves. They just don't make any sacrifices of their own like we do. :grr:

K&R

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Yup!

That's not right. There are more of us than there are of them.

"You live inside a plutocrat war—a war being waged by the top one percent. (Well—by the top one-tenth of the top one percent.) This war has been underway for thirty-five years; the plutocrats clearly are winning. In the process, all average people are getting looted—those who voted for Bachmann, those who voted for her opponent. But guess what? The plutocrats will continue to win as long as we slow-witted liberals keep taking the bait from cynics like O’Donnell—as long as we keep getting conned into heightening our tribal wars.

Duh. When the 99 percent get split into two warring tribes, the one percent will roll to big wins. You’ve probably heard the phrase: Divide and conquer!"

http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh031711.shtml

The other part is that the top 25% tend to do okay as well, and they can out-vote the bottom 75%. Fairly simply if 80% of the top 25% vote they can outvote the bottom 75% if less than 30% of us vote. And especially they can out vote us when dollars count more than votes. Even in 1986, the top 25% got 59% of the income compared to just 41% for the bottom 75%. Now that the bottom 75% is down to just 32% of the income, it is that much easier, especially if one were to figure disposable income - that which is available to be donated to candidates.

If we ever try to fight, the police stand against us. The courts stand against us.

The media unites and stands against us, and never underestimate how huge and influential the media really is.

Even a lot of other people who should be our allies will stand against us, because of the influence of the media and the police/courts. Once you are branded a troublemaker, people listen, believe it, and act accordingly.

And never forget that the at the highest level, they own our government. They own the people who make the very rules. They own the corporations that run the media.

We have been disarmed so that we aren't allowed to fight back.

the CEO one day. They drank the koolaid years ago and the poison is now kicking in.
Poor fools.

Us CEOs (oink oink) EARNED our wealth and worked 500 times harder than you did. That's why you're poor, because ya don't WORKS hard enough!!

Now pull your bootstraps up, shine my goddamned shoes, don't ever destroy my fluffy comfy bubble of wealth-fattened heaven and stop interrupting my doing whatever I WANT to do! You're put on this earth to please ME, goddamnit.

Thanks for posting that.

And it's going to be displayed very prominently in his classroom.

Out of the question for a male teacher, not a great idea for a female one.

Someone might accuse her of sexually abusing the hug receiver. :(

the Wall Street fuck. If they had been able to do their jobs with proper backing from the gov't, these clowns would've been on a much tighter leash. They'd still pull in money, but much more responsibly and with a long-term view of things.

That being said, tax these fuckers back into the Stone Age. I'm sure they'll take their "talent" somewhere else. :sarcasm:

All the more reason to take all money out of politics through campaign-finance reform. Otherwise, it's only going to get worse on EVERY front. The politicians are BOUGHT and do not work for you and me.

1) those regulators make more than Judy but a tiny fraction of Wall St pay.

2) this is a classic example of a personal responsibility FAIL. The perpetrator is always the primary party to blame.

thanks for posting this

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- all the more sad that it simply continues without millions of us 98%ers descending on Washington D.C. to demand a reversal of fortunes. Wisconsin is a lesson regarding the return of the power of protesting. I know we're supposed to be the ones we are waiting for but none of us seems ready or able to take the first step; for instance, camping outside of the white house or across the street or anywhere in D.C. with enough space?

Surely we can start with the number of homeless people who are homeless simply because of the banks mortgage lies. Then add in all the college kids who can't even find a job in their own country thanks to the associated recession and a 30 year history of corporate outsourcing. So many of us put out good ideas but honestly, it's a charasmatic leader/speaker that appears to be needed to gather the masses.

Look at how ready people were to gather and support Obama when he inspired them. It was the huge crowds that got the attention of everyone, including the press and Washington D.C., too bad all of that hit a brick wall when it came to actually being President. Say what you will about the power of the people but just as with Unions, the power of the people works best when organized by someone.

Sigh... I think I'm just too old now and too sad to keep fighting. Protesting wars and environmental issues since the 60's has really taken it's toll. I need a time out to recharge. Meanwhile, I'll keep hoping our children (and theirs) will look up from their iPods, iPhones, iPads, Facebook and Twitter accounts long enough to realize this country really needs their attention and energy, right now.

Peace, out.

Served up by the American tax payer, bailing out Wall Street under the threat of the President's cabinet.

Pay up, sucker! What, you CAN'T pay up?

Then S A C R I F I C E

The Republican party will do all it can, but the worst part is, they are allowed to do so by their friends, the Democrats.

over a financial barrel, they are in a daily struggle just to get by, or have family members with illnesses/drug/alcohol/legal troubles that consume much of their time and/or do not have the means and/or the time to do so. The others who "should" be aware of this growing threat to their future are either ignorant or indifferent to it, or perhaps believing that "someone else" will do the activist protesting for them

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A pure case that the TRUTH REALLY DOES HURT . . . Time for all those wall street millionaires finally show support for the country that gave them that wealth!

Just because this deserves it.

he prolly 'learned' early somewhere... :sarcasm:

is bankrupt....morally, emotionally, intellectually, financially, every way from here to the moon.

I can't believe this is happening.

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