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Grant,
teamosil makes a very important point. Consider what we're seeing overseas in Muslim held countries - Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Lybia and Syria. All of these countries have concentrated wealth and power within their respective governments. Now, consider the facts here in the U.S.
- 1% of the population pays the bulk of taxes.
- %5 of the population controls the greastest wealth.
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245 members of Congress are millionairs.
- atleast 6 of our last 9 Presidents, including Pres. Obama, were millionaires (Both Bush's, Reagon, Clinton, Carter and JFK)
The only thing that makes things different between the Middle-Eastern countries I've mentioned above and the USA is our process of government; we, the People, get to change the face of Congress and the White House every 2, 4 and 6 years, respectively. But if you really look at the makeup of Congress, as well as the GOP field of presidential hopefuls, how many of those individuals truly walk among "the common man"? Think about it...
And while you're at it, ask yourself what caused our economic woes? Was it just a matter of people acting irresponsibly taking on more debt than they could afford or was it the irresponsible acts of our wealthiest financial institutions taking enormous risks - sometimes as much as 32:1 - with your money only to be handed more of your money then not do anything for you to eleaviate the unemployment burden our country now faces?
teamosil is more accurate than you may think.
A few refer sources to consider:
"Bad Money," by Kevin Phillips
"Too Big to Fail," by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Both books will open your eyes to the true corruption in politics and in corporate America and tell you where the real concentration of power is in this country and has been for over 30 years.