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Mark1's avatar

As an optimist (not), I prefer to think of the shelves as half full.

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Tom Beach's avatar

‘To get poor is glorious,’ say our leaders. The Chinese leaders once said, 'To get rich is glorious.

Being poor sucks. It is stressful. Being rich has some drawbacks, too, of course. But I still prefer to have enough of what I need and some of what I want. (No need to be a glutton.)

Work hard, save your money only to watch it evaporate due to inflation caused by the rascals at the Fed and too much spending by the government.

The whole damned house of cards seems ready to fall. The poor will feel it most. Followed by the middle classes (if there still are any by then). The rich will lose big time in the markets. But they will be OK. The elite very rich will prosper and buy more properties and send the kids to good schools and they will have great medical care. They will might just move to one of their many off shore homes.

When things become really bad for Americans, will they rise up and demand change? Some will.

But most will adjust to the hardship as best they can...until they can't any longer.

Pensioners and the weak and disenfranchised and the poor will need to up their game if they hope to keep from eating out of dumpsters or at the back of restaurants. The very poorest will take what they need from where ever they can. Mobs storming D.C.? I doubt that will happen.

We the dispossessed will need to work together in groups like AARP to demand change. Old geezers unite! Burning down buildings and fighting the police are not going to make the change needed.. It will just create an excuse to step on the poor's necks with new curfews and laws.

Band together. That is the power that shakes the jerks in D.C. All the lobbyists and other parasites are no match for millions upon millions of voters screaming for change. Sitting back and hoping for change is not a plan and is not effective.

And if all our voices have no effect, then it is time for more direct action.

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