We are now living in a plutocratic dictatorship.
Oh, what the hell. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, as the old adage goes. Besides, it's about time those obnoxious poor people start paying their fair share of the tax burden. Screw those people. They've had it far too damned easy for far too damned long. They've got it made in the shade! What with not having to worry about monthly mortgages, health insurance payments, country club dues and where to invest their quarterly dividends, it's about time those wretched freaks learn a thing or two about the real world, baby! The day of reckoning is upon them. The lazy and irresponsible "moocher class" has to tighten their cardboard belts.
They say that they can't afford to be taxed? They say that they have utility bills to pay and children to feed? They say the rent and automobile insurance is overdue? No problemo, amigo! Back in the golden age of Charles Dickens and human bondage, they had a place for worthless, deadbeat folks like that: Debtors Prison! It's high time we bring that institution back into being. Of course, it goes without saying that those prisons will be privately owned by corporations -- corporations that will be able to anonymously donate untold sums to corrupt politicians who will then pass even harsher punitive laws, laws that will make goddamned sure that those prisons are filled to utter capacity forever and ever. They will then build more prisons -- and more and more and more -- to keep up with the growing demand. Until finally there will be only two classes left in this sick country: The ruling class and the prison class.
"Much of what the government spends money on does more harm than good. This is particularly true over the past several years with the massive uncontrolled increase in government spending. I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington."
-- Charles Koch, as quoted two days ago on the exquisitely subversive website AlterNet
Brothers Charles and David Koch are billionaires many times over. Unlike most multi-billionaires, who have more money than they possibly know what to do with, the Kochs know damned well what to do with their fortune. They're working overtime to ensure that America's middle class is destroyed. They don't merely want most of America's wealth and treasure - THEY WANT IT ALL! Would you like them to have it? Then vote for the Republican party next year. You'll deserve everything that happens to you.
This article originally posted on beforeitsnews.com.
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