In the richest country in the world, the majority of people should not be struggling to get by. In the 1970s the average worker had decent benefits, could afford a house, a car, a yearly vacation, and to send their kids to school. Our current system is predicated on a majority of people living their lives in order to serve an economic system, when the purpose of an economic system is to serve the people. This is unsustainable, and it will not last. This fundamental collective injustice represents a reign of economic tyranny, contrary not only to the tenets of democracy but to the basic decency of the American people. The political establishment works hard to pull the wool over peoples eyes, acting as though the whole thing is far more complicated than it actually is. It’s time to pierce the illusion , vote for an Economic Bill of Rights, and break the invisible shackles that bind far too many people and keeps democracy in chains. #marianne2024 #anewbeginning cbsnews.com/news/inflation-h…

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1) we are $35 trillion dollars in debt and rapidly getting poorer. We are not the richest country in the world. 2) You seem to forget the Carter administration when we couldn't afford energy and the economy tanked. 3) A job is an agreement between an employer and an employee.
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So you agree that capitalism only works for the rich? You should be talking about the massive tax cuts and loopholes for the wealthy, not ranting about the entire system.
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Full time carpenter and full time family business making hot sauce and candy. Turned down for home loan because of our truck pmnt and wifes student loans.(also works full time) Not sure we'll ever buy a home let alone the farm that would get us to the next level. System is broken
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Wow, you sound like a conservative.. I’m impressed.
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Rent is more than my disability income and subsidized housing lists are five or more years. I am stuck.
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I know of at least one country in the world in which business is not stifled by oppressive governmental regulations: Somalia.
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See Princeton Oligarchy Report: ordinary citizens have zero influence on policies. Politicians only listen to donor class(lobbyists & billionaires) No progress until we take $$ out of politics. This isn’t rocket science for centuries societies have known $ corrupts.
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…, which is exactly why union busting became so important to the establishment.
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