Stacking the Deck Against Kids -Bob Herbert

icon gravatar.comwww.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/opinion/28herbert.html?ref=opinion
sent by kladner since 73 days 4 hours 8 minutes, published about 72 days 21 hours 35 minutes
"The American economy is broken, ruined by the greed and irresponsibility of fabulously wealthy corporate chieftains and their shabby acolytes and enablers in government. While Wall Street is handing out billions in bonuses, American families are struggling with joblessness, home foreclosures and rampant debt. The economic woes are exacting a fierce toll on family life, and children are taking a big hit — emotionally, psychologically and otherwise."
tags: kids, workers, poverty, banksters, bonuses
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  1. #1    "We still have a hideously dysfunctional public education system, one that has mastered the art of manufacturing dropouts and functional illiterates. We have not even begun to turn that around.
    We still keep fighting tragic, futile, stupid wars, squandering lives and resources and creative energies"
    And that's not by accident, rather it's the fruition of decades of social and economic sabotage by the Greeed party,
    Basic rule of thumb: People that think that Government is evil and/or incompetent should not be elected or appointed to office.
    We need to elect people that believe that the Governent is OURS, that it's function is to protect and serve US, not the other way around.
    written by CwV since 73 days 2 hours 9 minutesCwV
  2. #2    CwV: "Basic rule of thumb: People that think that Government is evil and/or incompetent should not be elected or appointed to office." Yep -- they surely proved their point, didn't they (the Greeed Party, headed up by those war criminals, the Bush crime syndicate). Government is the problem, when you have people who are "evil and/or incompetent" running it. To paraphrase a saying: 'the best way to rob a government is to own it.' Wow, did they... they usurped all the power they could, depleted our treasury, depleted our moral capital, depleted our morale,..it's too sad. It's a scorched earth policy that has infested the government of We the People through and through. And ...

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    written by RicKelis since 72 days 21 hours 3 minutesRicKelis
  3. #3    If we continue the wars and use them as an excuse to reduce needed government programs for the people, then the Neocons will have won. Let the top 1% pay for the wars with a surtax.

    Whether or not we terminate the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, we must continue with HCR (with a strong public option)and other Democratic programs the voters said they wanted last November. This is our chance to make a positive change and it might not return for another generation.
    written by tahoeprogressive since 72 days 20 hours 10 minutestahoeprogressive
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