Concentration of Wealth = An Influence Lock On Our Politics

The societal consequences are dramatic. This happened as a result of wealth's ability to influence our country's decision-making. And that influence was used to increase the wealth of the influencers, which increased their influence. But this has come at the expense of regular people, whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them into increasing debt. We have reached a breaking point where a consumer-based economy can no longer be sustained. But this has not led to any loosening of the grip that money has on our political system. If we don't force the political system out of that grip and restore democracy we will not be able to fix our economic system.
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  1. #1    Tax wealth, NOT work.
    written by nasrudin since 74 days 3 minutesnasrudin
  2. #2    The concentration of wealth has been without the "supposed moral compass." Mostly it's about deceit
    and misdirection at every level. Pretty soon it's "Alice through the Looking Glass." Only, we have
    arrived at the techno-geeks wetdream of controlling everything without getting dirty or wet. Thanks to influence from Government, George Orwell, has arrived. I knew I would live to see how many of these nightmares
    would become reality. I am appalled that they have
    come true.
    There's a consequence to this gyrating compass thing,
    it is economic collapse...but not for those that caused
    it. Begrudge them? Consider how deeply let down the American public has been over ...

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    written by fbuckley since 73 days 14 hours 50 minutesfbuckley
  3. #3    An additional note is the recent disclosure that
    237 millionaires walk the halls of Congress. Bought and paid for by a largesse of lobbyists
    to a tune of what sounds like and is similar to
    corporatism in all its glory. So if Laws don't
    seem to add up to the average person...they don't
    because many of these representatives will listen to their banker friends first, their bevy of lobbyists second, and really never listen to the guy/gal on Main Street.
    With 20 Million Millionaires in the U.S., they disproportionately influence way too much legislation - to the destruction of the middle class, and the outright pillaging of the lower classes and poor. Reform in Representation
    is way past due....but how is that possible to
    bring more realistic legislation to the people
    not the corporations? An interesting but painful
    conundrum.
    written by fbuckley since 72 days 20 hours 1 minutefbuckley
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