Economic Crisis and the Tea Party
You’ve played by the rules. Went to work every day. Paid your bills and taxes. When your country summoned you to fight in its wars you were proud to serve. You’ve worked hard all your life and now what do you get? Bupkis as they say in Yiddish. Goat droppings. Your job was outsourced overseas. Your house has been foreclosed. You’re in debt. Meanwhile, the big banks are sitting pretty on tons of cash. The stock market and corporate profits are up. GE made billions in 2010 and didn’t pay a dime in taxes. With this backdrop in walks the Tea Party. They got the answers. You know why you are getting shafted? It’s the immigrants, gays, uppity women, minorities, liberals, unions, and public service workers.
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Arun Gupta
Arun Gupta, journalist and activist, was a founding editor of The Indypendent and the Occupied Wall Street Journal. His articles appear in Alternet, Truthout, The Guardian, and Z. He also appears on Democracy Now! and Al Jazeera.
John –
Arun is on the money (pardon the pun).
Here in the 51st state of the U.S., our government blindly and ignorantly follows the same economic path of self-destruction.
The working class of the world are not getting the message because they are too busy trying to make ends meet, or are distracted by crud media.
When the middle class start to hurt or feel guilty enough, then perhaps change will come.