Let"s get our heads out of our ASSES America

"Something's wrong with a country that
helps the rich get richer while most
Americans get the squeeze,"
Andy Stern - author of A Country That Works

Everyone has heard, and many of us have said, "the rich keep getting richer, and the poor keep getting poorer." "The middle class is diminishing."

Inequality

Did you know that after WWII, from 1947 - 1979, the bottom 20 percent of American family incomes doubled, and so did the top 20 percent.
That means every one benefited as the economy grew.
From 1979 - 2003, the top 1 percent of wage earners saw his after tax income increase by 129 percent. But the bottom 20 percent is still stuck in 1979 -
their average income only rose by 4 percent.
That's unacceptable, don't you agree?
And it's not getting better.
As many woman filed for bankruptcy in 2005 than graduated from college.
The median income for nonelderly households fell $2,572 from 2000 to 2004, a drop of 4.8 percent.
Median pay for CEOs of the top hundred largest companies rose 25 percent from 2004 - 2005.
The typical American worker's pay increased only 3 percent.
How in the hell are we going to survive in this economy when we are making less money, and spending more??
EVERYTHING COSTS MORE!
Yesterday, I spent $7.23 for a gallon of milk and hazelnut creamer, for my wife's coffee. Now, granted, I probably would have saved over a dollar if I would have driven to Wegmans rather than a quick stop, but it's no secret that I would have spent the difference in my gas tank.
Who's idea was this??
What about someone who makes less than I do?
How do they do it?
I make pretty good money! But milk, creamer, and gas are gonna kill me!
Or is it that I have too many dvd players in my home?
I have 2!
And one of them works only 1/2 the time.
What is a "working man" to do?
Do I not work hard enough as a Union Iron worker?
Every time I climb a column, walk out on a beam I have no business being on, fill my bolt bags full of 3/4 inch bolts, leave my family to travel 1/2 way across the country for overtime, etc.,
I tell my self
I should have been a gym teacher!
But a gym teacher doesn't make what I made last year!
Seriously, did I need to be a doctor or lawyer or politician to afford these things??
I need to think not!
Yet,
Americans still will vote for a candidate who's campaign is to convince us that it's better for us to not "spread the money around," maybe even my own wife!
Americans still will refrain from joining unions that sacrifice every day in order to achieve better wages and conditions for everyone!
Americans still will buy products and services from overseas, eliminating thousands of jobs by the minute!
Americans still will not take a proactive approach on immigration in this country, eliminating thousands of jobs by the minute!
Americans still will spend billions on a war so that we can buy oil and not have look at that "annoying flickering light" on the top of windmills!

I DON'T GET IT!

People say, "never talk politics or religion." Well, I'll leave religion out of it, but as far as politics goes, what's not to talk about? What is there to argue about??
It's time we take our lives back America! Not only for our own sakes, but for our childrens sake!
Ben Stein wrote in The New York Times: " This is a country at war. For men who are already billionaires to look for more billions by firing hard-working middle-class employees or demanding they take a pay cut is not the kind of thing that unites a nation."


Let's get our heads out of our ASSES America!
Make the right choice on Tuesday!