
...when people like the ones in the picture above say we can't have the types of social programs we want from our national government because it would hurt big business, it's because they owe their livelihoods to big business.
When they tell you we have to cut taxes on businesses and that social programs like Medicaid and Head Start will suffer as a result, they make money off those tax cuts and not off Head Start and Medicaid.
When they say that we've got to keep government out of the "free market," they sure don't mind jumping in the free market when their pals in big business need bailing out.
When they say we've got to keep fighting the "terrorists," what they don't tell is that they are economic terrorists who's business policies helped turn oppressed people into "terrorists" in the first place.
When they say that we've got to privatize Social Security, what they don't tell you is that when a privatized Social Security system fails, they'll be just fine because they are all wealthy old white guys.
It's important to remember that a majority of people in this country do not want this war they shoved on us, that we do not want Social Security to be privatized, that a majority of us want single payer not for profit national health care, that we want programs like Medicaid and Head Start and free college educations and not more tax cuts for businesses. It's time we took our country back from the out of control consumption crazy capitalists. The vast majority of people in this country do not give a shit about what version of Jesus some people worship or if two men want to marry one another. What the vast majority of people in this country want is a return to the style of social programs and policies that FDR, JFK, and LBJ enacted and that made this country great. We want economic and social justice, not less regulation or less taxes on businesses. We want more businesses and the rich to pay their fair share of taxes. And most of all we want a government that works for everyone, not just for rich white men and their trophy wives.