Martin Sheen Has Harsh Words For Progressives Critical Of Obama
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The most BS argument to date: "The cuts and the pain must be shared by all".
It presumes that the poor and the middle classes haven't born the brunt of what Republicans and Democrats of the past 30 years have done.
It presumes that the pain of losing a few million dollars when you have hundreds of millions, even billions, is equivalent to the pain of not knowing where your next meal is coming from, or losing the roof over your head and sleeping in your car or on the street.
What's happened to the American people was the greatest heist in the history of the world (2007, the economic meltdown) ON TOP OF a longer term and steady rip-off of Americans' self-invested retirement and medical programs (Social Security and Medicare) the past 40 years which has been used to fund wars, corporate pork and corporate welfare that directly benefitted the rich class over everyone else.
Where are the investigations, prosecutions and restitution?
The middle class has been crushed. The middle and poor classes are bearing the entire brunt of a full-on virtual crime spree by transnational corporations, Wall Street and the banks' criminal money-making schemes.
Half of the population makes under $30,000, and their taxes were raised while the top tier got a break!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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