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The importance of lapel pins
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Apr. 17th, 2008 | 12:55 pm
There is no short-term fix, for our economic crisis, Ted Rall says.
"In the long term, we must put more money into more people's pockets. That means higher wages and lower taxes for the poor and middle class.
"Some of what is needed is easy to see: a more progressive tax code, repealing laws that allow employers to harass and fire those who try to organize unions, nationalizing industries run by vampire capitalists....What madness permits [banks] to charge 30 percent on credit cards while paying one percent on passbook savings accounts?
"More--much more--is necessary to prevent the wholesale collapse of the U.S. economic system. A maximum wage should be imposed--the highest paid American should earn no more than ten times the lowest paid. I know, I know--none of this will happen. There will be nothing but Band-Aids and lazy rhetoric as we plummet into the abyss.
"It cannot be otherwise, for our politics are ossified, the media is corporatized, and we the people are dull and apathetic."
Meanwhile, the ABC 'debate' between Hillary and Obama focused on such things as the value of flag label pins.
"In the long term, we must put more money into more people's pockets. That means higher wages and lower taxes for the poor and middle class.
"Some of what is needed is easy to see: a more progressive tax code, repealing laws that allow employers to harass and fire those who try to organize unions, nationalizing industries run by vampire capitalists....What madness permits [banks] to charge 30 percent on credit cards while paying one percent on passbook savings accounts?
"More--much more--is necessary to prevent the wholesale collapse of the U.S. economic system. A maximum wage should be imposed--the highest paid American should earn no more than ten times the lowest paid. I know, I know--none of this will happen. There will be nothing but Band-Aids and lazy rhetoric as we plummet into the abyss.
"It cannot be otherwise, for our politics are ossified, the media is corporatized, and we the people are dull and apathetic."
Meanwhile, the ABC 'debate' between Hillary and Obama focused on such things as the value of flag label pins.
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alexjay
date: Apr. 18th, 2008 03:36 pm (UTC)
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Would have been nice if he'd just said, "Hey, fuck you, lady; I believe in the Constitution--which is a damn sight more important to this country than a lapel pin made in China."
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rdeck
date: Apr. 20th, 2008 04:57 am (UTC)
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