As the economic situation continues to deteriorate on Main Street America, people are becoming angry. While the rich and powerful continue to receive tax dollar after tax dollar, little of this money is trickling down the pipeline. States, counties, cities, towns and school boards are facing staggering deficits and painful cuts -- most to vital services.
People everywhere are angry and this anger is beginning to boil above the surface. About the only time THAT happens in America is when many people become desperate and these are turning into desperate times for a great number of people.
But while this seething anger is becoming more public, people are very confused at who or what they should vent their anger on. I believe that one of the reasons for this mass confusion is that our political landscape has become so screwy. What was once up now seems down and what was once conservative now appears liberal.
For generations the two political parties that dominate our two-party system -- the Republicans (GOP) and the Democrats -- have sketched out positions that most people readily know. For more than a century, the GOP has been the party of business interests -- they're the one who introduced the concept of trickle down economics. The Democrats, on the other hand, have more represented the middle class and labor interests. They are the ones who championed a more palatable minimum wage and programs like Head Start and Medicare.
Yet today, it's the Dems, not the GOP, that is backing this mass infusion of public dollars to prop up Wall Street and big financiers. The GOP mainly is opposing such measures. It's like we all fell asleep one night, only to wake up in a perverted parallel universe.
The general public knows that something really fishy is going on, but they're perplexed as to who is the cause and who to blame. This is why as we each surf the blogosphere opinions seem to be all over the map. Many right-wing bloggers are arguing against supporting business interests, while their left-wing counterparts are trying to rally support for a Democratic administration that has become the champion of these same interests.
What has the elites worried a tad -- and they SHOULD be worried -- is that this seething anger may soon boil over into the streets.
People everywhere are angry and this anger is beginning to boil above the surface. About the only time THAT happens in America is when many people become desperate and these are turning into desperate times for a great number of people.
But while this seething anger is becoming more public, people are very confused at who or what they should vent their anger on. I believe that one of the reasons for this mass confusion is that our political landscape has become so screwy. What was once up now seems down and what was once conservative now appears liberal.
For generations the two political parties that dominate our two-party system -- the Republicans (GOP) and the Democrats -- have sketched out positions that most people readily know. For more than a century, the GOP has been the party of business interests -- they're the one who introduced the concept of trickle down economics. The Democrats, on the other hand, have more represented the middle class and labor interests. They are the ones who championed a more palatable minimum wage and programs like Head Start and Medicare.
Yet today, it's the Dems, not the GOP, that is backing this mass infusion of public dollars to prop up Wall Street and big financiers. The GOP mainly is opposing such measures. It's like we all fell asleep one night, only to wake up in a perverted parallel universe.
The general public knows that something really fishy is going on, but they're perplexed as to who is the cause and who to blame. This is why as we each surf the blogosphere opinions seem to be all over the map. Many right-wing bloggers are arguing against supporting business interests, while their left-wing counterparts are trying to rally support for a Democratic administration that has become the champion of these same interests.
What has the elites worried a tad -- and they SHOULD be worried -- is that this seething anger may soon boil over into the streets.
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