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How to Fight Against the "New Normal"

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Everyday authors on these pages chronicle the malfeasance of our current Corporatocracy. Many writers and commentators continue to put forth excellent political fixes and solutions to set our country back on the right course and mend the devastation of income and wealth disparity.

You are probably among them if you are reading this.


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We are involved, we are thinking and we know that by ending certain corrupt practices, by enforcing the current law, by writing some new laws for a new world, and by common sense, we need not endure the current hardships much longer and we can set a path for a sustainable tomorrow.

We have no lack of good ideas, but we have an overwhelming lack of political will on the part of our representatives in government because we lack sufficient political power.

We can argue all night about which of our ideas is best, which won't work and why, but such a discussion is purely academic without political power. The train to the "new normal" is picking up speed, we are simply throwing eggs at the passengers, if that.

Political power has little to do with electing your man or woman. As we have seen, campaign promises and visions of hope soon slam into the iron wall of political reality.

Today, political power train is not driven by the electorate. The Big Money of Big Greed is in charge, the Corporatocracy is deeply entrenched.


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There is nothing normal or new about the "new normal."

The "new normal" is Reaganomics on steroids. Trickle down is not normal, it's a fantasy.

The "new normal" is NAFTA in orbit. There's nothing fair about free trade so long as the other countries are not playing by the same rules.

The "new normal" is the Ponzi scheme as a legitimate business plan. A Ponzi scheme creates no economic value, it is stealing pure and simple. Derivative trading backed-up by too-big-to -fail is a Ponzi scheme.

The "new normal" is code for domination and oppression. You'll accept what's now normal. As they foreclose on your home after you lose your next job just remember, this is the new normal. You and you alone are responsible for your life. Oh, and don't forget, happiness comes from within.

The assumption, the myth you are being sold, is you have no options. You cannot fight back. But for your own sanity and dignity you must fight back.

The "new normal" is the massacre of American workers and the American middle class and the foreshadowing of poverty for the next generation. This is not an issue of race, religion or foreign threat. It is the imposition of a two tiered caste system: Upper Tier The Privileged Uber-wealthy. Lower Tier: Grateful Obedient Servants.

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Chaz Valenza is writer and small business owner in New Jersey. He earned his MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business. His current feature film project is "Single Point Failure" an insider's account of how the Reagan Administration (more...)
 

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This can't work? by Chaz Valenza on Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:51:17 PM
it will work by Ned Lud on Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:43:47 AM
all about eve... by Ned Lud on Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:31:17 AM
Paris Hilton by Chaz Valenza on Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:42:14 AM
Yeah, What He Said... by FAITHCARR on Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:03:59 AM
Loss Leader by Paul from Potomac on Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:21:18 AM
Means to an end by Chaz Valenza on Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:07:40 PM
Consumer v Producer by Pat Gallagher on Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:23:26 PM
Good points, well said by Jack Flanders on Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:54:12 PM
Collapse by Chaz Valenza on Friday, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:59:03 PM
I'm worried about a personal by FAITHCARR on Friday, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:12:15 PM