Who are the undeserving "others" benefiting from expanded government actions?
(Blog Post) It is true that the federal government embraces redistributive policies and that middle-class income is seized in order that "someone else benefits." But so obviously, that "someone else" who is benefiting is not the poor and lower classes -- who continue to get poorer as the numbers living below the poverty line expand and the rich-poor gap grows in the U.S. to unprecedented proportions. The "someone else" that is benefiting from Washington policies are ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Glenn Greenwald, NewsRack (Afghanistan)
I agree with Greenwald that too many of the angry people are angry at the wrong persons. The essence of democracy is no the vote, but the people pooling their resources and energy to help one another. Somehow the thrust now seems to be that its dog eat dog and get as much as you can. Even some churches are preaching it Christian to be rich, which I am sure is good for the preachers income.