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Tax the Rich, Stupids!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t r u t h o u t)
Thu Aug 18 11:40:59 2011
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Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:40:53 -0400 (EDT)
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t r u t h o u t | Congress, as an institution, currently has a lower approval rating than public nose-picking. One reason is that it can't seem to listen to the over 60 percent of the population that feels that taxing the rich and corporations should be the first step in any effort to balance the nation's checkbook. *This isn't some populist anger, as the mainstream media often describes it. It's proven economics.*
So what is standing in the way? Where is our system of representative democracy failing? Truthout and BuzzFlash readers know: we've entered a new stage of plutocratic governance where money is speech and the ones with the gold make the rules. Authors like Thom Hartmann, Richard D. Wolff and Noam Chomsky probe this frightening reality on a daily basis, exposing the crude inner workings of the system - as well as possibilities for true, revolutionary change.
As we descend into what already appears to be the least sane campaign season of our lifetimes, Truthout needs your support. We'll never match the money-hoarders in political spending. But we can shine light on the hypocrisy, and develop the clear moral arguments that can win the day and bring about the change we all know is possible.
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<span>So what is standing in the way? Where is our system of representative democracy failing? Truthout and BuzzFlash readers know: we’ve entered a new stage of plutocratic governance where money is speech and the ones with the gold make the rules. Authors like <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LidgzPfXALqNEA3OqEZiRbpEfhrIjdZ8"><font color="#cc0000">Thom Hartmann</font></a>, <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DHNEit8eJIee%2B%2Bm%2FumAJzjgVfaHgAvsM"><font color="#cc0000">Richard D. Wolff</font></a> and <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KKyDyXl7fZtqkdS%2BrXDsQDgVfaHgAvsM"><font color="#cc0000">Noam Chomsky</font></a> probe this frightening reality on a daily basis, exposing the crude inner workings of the system - as well as possibilities for true, revolutionary change.</span><br />
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<span>As we descend into what already appears to be the least sane campaign season of our lifetimes, Truthout needs your support. We’ll never match the money-hoarders in political spending. But we can shine light on the hypocrisy, and develop the clear moral arguments that can win the day.</span><br />
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