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Old 09-10-2009, 07:25 AM
 
Location: San Diego California
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Robert Reich's Blog: The Real News About Jobs and Wages -- An Ode to Labor Day (http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/09/real-news-about-jobs-and-wages-ode-to.html?ref=patrick.net - broken link)

In this article some of the inequities of the upper vs. lower classes is discussed. The point that is really striking is that although the system has been showing undeniable favoritism to the wealthy in the past, it appears as if these policies are going to continue into the future placing ever increasing burdens on the working classes. My question is do you feel this inequity will manifest into a hatred of the upper class by the working class as the recession and unemployment continues to devastate their lives? What happens when a democracy becomes as lopsided economically as this one has become?
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Old 09-10-2009, 07:36 AM
 
Location: The ends DO NOT justify the means!!!
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Inevitable? Wouldn't that suggest that class warfare does not yet exist? I think that FDR really kicked off the Proletariat Revolt long ago. Every policy that the Congress enacts these days is nothing more than a weapon launched toward one class or another.
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Old 09-10-2009, 07:43 AM
 
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Class warfare is the big gun in the Democrat arsenal sitting right next to race and wealth.

They really don't have much without them.
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Old 09-10-2009, 07:44 AM
 
Location: S.E. US
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Inevitable? Wouldn't that suggest that class warfare does not yet exist? I think that FDR really kicked off the Proletariat Revolt long ago. Every policy that the Congress enacts these days is nothing more than a weapon launched toward one class or another.
Indeed, and there are periods when it is more evident. The President's goal of "redistributing the wealth" is a clear indication of where he stands, and it only feeds the envy and anger people in the lower classes feel toward those who have what they want. They feel justified with the President himself supporting them. Of course they're entitled. They always thought so, and now they are assured of it. Out of that will come a renewed boldness.
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Old 09-10-2009, 07:46 AM
 
Location: Holly Springs, NC USA
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Class warfare is a pillar of the Democrat foundation. Divide and conquer!
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Old 09-10-2009, 07:48 AM
 
Location: Reading, PA
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Anyone who doesn't know that the Republican Party is the party of Big Business and the rich while the Democratic Party (until their sell-out to Big Business) is the party of the working man is uninformed. Class conflict, though not warfare, comes with those philosophies.
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Old 09-10-2009, 07:50 AM
 
Location: Reading, PA
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Indeed, and there are periods when it is more evident. The President's goal of "redistributing the wealth" is a clear indication of where he stands, and it only feeds the envy and anger people in the lower classes feel toward those who have what they want. They feel justified with the President himself supporting them. Of course they're entitled. They always thought so, and now they are assured of it. Out of that will come a renewed boldness.
We've just had eight years of transferring funds from the Treasury to the coffers of Big Business. That too is redistributing the wealth. And to be honest, I don't see the Democrats stopping the draining. Corporations rule this country.
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Old 09-10-2009, 07:52 AM
 
Location: The ends DO NOT justify the means!!!
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But there is a significant difference between the evils of Big Godvernment and Big Business. I can choose to contribute or avoid big business, usually, while I have no choice but to kneel before Big Godvernment force.
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Old 09-10-2009, 07:53 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Evolutionarily speaking, people are not equal, they will not produce equally, they will not work equally hard, and they will not earn equally. So no matter what, left to its own devices, people will always separate out into 'haves' and perceived (and some real) 'have nots.'

As long as people have it in their heads that it's not 'fair' and someone puts in their minds that they deserve the fruits of others' labor, there will always be class envy and subsequent warfare.
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Old 09-10-2009, 07:54 AM
 
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Anyone who doesn't know that the Republican Party is the party of Big Business and the rich while the Democratic Party (until their sell-out to Big Business) is the party of the working man is uninformed. Class conflict, though not warfare, comes with those philosophies.
I see...

How many old money millionaires are in the Democratic Party?

And don't they receive their largest donations from such humble, blue-collar communities like Malibu, the Upper East Side, Greenwich, Beverley Hills, and La Jolla?
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