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It gets worse with deeper austerity planned by more social program cuts. Moreover, on the pretext of reform, destroying Medicare and Social Security are also planned by privatizing them, earmarking them for Wall Street, the same way 401ks killed corporate pensions.
Moreover, Washington plans to control the remaining private pension plan trillions. The scheme involves exchanging them for a guaranteed government annuity, but watch out. In the words of one independent expert, it won't be worth "the paper it is written on," and the real idea is to expropriate the funds covertly, giving government more resources for militarism and corporate welfare.
(14) Increased Tensions with Unresolved 9/11 Issues
Growing millions know the official 9/11 story is bogus, a bald faced lie. Clear evidence proves it, but coverup and media suppression continue relentlessly. Nonetheless, over 1,200 Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (http://www.ae911truth.org/) demand "a truly independent investigation with subpoena power in order to uncover the full truth surrounding the events of 9/11-01 - specifically the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers and Building 7."
Clearly the official story was falsified to protect culpable top officials. It also created a climate of fear to enact repressive homeland laws, and enlist public support for imperial wars, ongoing in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Occupied Palestine, and elsewhere covertly. Given how roguish America has become, revealing the true 9/11 story is more crucial than ever.
(15) Bhopal Water Still Toxic Twenty-Five Years After Deadly Gas Leak
On December 2, 1984, 40 tons of toxic gas poisoned Bhopal's air. To this day, it's the worst ever industrial disaster, killing 8,000 immediately, later on up to 20,000 or more. In addition, "Hundreds of thousands of others were harmed, in many cases permanently, with lung, liver, kidney, and immune system damages, and blindness."
It was later determined that over 520,000 people, to one degree or other, were affected, "poisons circulating through their bloodstream(s) causing different degrees of damage to almost all systems in their bod(ies)." Twenty-five years later, Bhopal's water is still toxic, disaster survivors getting little more than $500 "for a lifetime of suffering...."
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