The Economic Elite Vs. The People of the United States of America – Part I by David DeGraw

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by David DeGraw
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February 15, 2010

The economic elite have robbed us all. The amount of suffering in the United States of America is literally a crime against humanity.

“The American oligarchy spares no pains in promoting the belief that it does not exist, but the success of its disappearing act depends on equally strenuous efforts on the part of an American public anxious to believe in egalitarian fictions and unwilling to see what is hidden in plain sight.” — Michael Lind, To Have and to Have Not

We all have very strong differences of opinion on many issues. However, like our founding fathers before us, we must put aside our differences and unite to fight a common enemy.

It has now become evident to a critical mass that the Republican and Democratic parties, along with all three branches of our government, have been bought off by a well-organized Economic Elite who are tactically destroying our way of life. The harsh truth is that 99 percent of the U.S. population no longer has political representation. The U.S. economy, government and tax system is now blatantly rigged against us.

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via The Economic Elite Vs. The People of the United States of America – Part I

from the archives:

Part II: The Rise of the Economic Elite — Economic Elite Vs. The People by David DeGraw

The Case Against Corporate Speech by Ralph Nader and Robert Weismann

Citizen Radio interviews Greg Palast about Citizens United VS. FEC