Class Warfare Is Alive and We Need To Start Fighting Back.

If it were not such a serious problem, the split between the classes, it would be humorous. Some where along the way, in our history, the elite, corporations and politicians convinced middle class Americans, to fight against each other. While the money continued to go in one direction, to the wealthiest one percent, the rest of us stood by and fought over the remaining scraps. The politicians are all crying about class warfare and wanting us to pity the elite upper class. They created the class differences. They gave the tax breaks and legal breaks to the top. The income that used to be there for blue collar workers has disappeared. That money goes to bonuses for the CEO's and upper management. Job training has been slashed to increase profits. We cut education for our children. We eliminate money to help older workers go back to school, when their jobs are eliminated, so they can prepare for a new career. Our home values were destroyed by the greed of the financial service industry and they convince us to fight against helping homeowners hold onto their houses. They get a bailout and we get the bill. Our 401k's shrink and we are told that the same people that created the economic collapse should now control Social Security. The health insurance companies have huge profits and we are told to trust them with administrating our health care. Meanwhile all along the way, they get us to argue with each other. Think, if  instead of the bank bailout, what would have happened to home values if we would have bailed out the homeowners? The price of house would have stabilized and we would not have lost our equity. They convinced us that this would not work and the problem was your neighbor was greedy and caused the collapse. It is time for all middle class Americans to stand together and demand several changes. First, demand an end to the current tax system. Demand a flat income tax, thus eliminating all special tax breaks and deductions. Demand that all income, either from earned or investment be taxed at the same flat rate. Demand the end to current campaign financing. All elected officials will be given a set amount of public money, depending upon which office they are running for. They would then have to budget, those funds to run their campaign. Wow they may actually have to live within their means, in the same way they tell us to do. Demand they establish term limits. No more politicians for life. Demand universal health care for all. Start to concentrate on preventative health care, negotiate drug prices and eliminate fraud. This would start to drive down the health care costs. Demand a fair, living wage for all Americans. People that do the work should share in the profits and have a better life style. Demand that we have the right to union representation if we desire. Demand that if we are fired from a job the employer has to show a reason why. None of this release someone for no reason. Make the employer and employee accountable. We have to start demanding more from our government, our political leaders and from our corporate leaders. In future posts I will explore more changes that we all have to demand. I no longer believe that we can get the changes that are needed by asking we have to demand, and if we are not listened to we need to fire our leaders, until they start to realize they are there for the good of all Americans, not just the wealthiest. We can make the move in the right direction, but the first step is to stop the bickering between us and start the real fight. The fight against corruption and the wealthy. They started this war, we must end it.