The Great Challenge of Our Time: Re-Creating America's Great Middle Class
we face "hard political tasks. But being pushed further down is harder, still. Because no one knows where the new bottom lies." Full Story »
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Posted by Dwight Rousu - Oct 16, 2009 - 1:26 PM PDT
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Dwight Rousu - Oct 16, 2009 - 1:29 PM PDT
Cocco captures the social economic plight of the descending middle class during the last 30 years, as she writes her exit opinion piece.
To break the back of the corrupt campaign finance and lobbying systems, critical steps would include publicly financed elections. Publicly financed inaugurals would also help. And these things need to be done without any leadership from the corrupt politicians who have prospered under this corruption.
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