Since John Edwards is preoccupied with other issues at the moment, I’ll pick up the populist battle flag and run with it.This post is for anyone who believes there is an “us and them” in America, that the “them” are the Wal-Mart people and we’re the “us.” You are drawing the line in the wrong place. We’re on the same side of the line with the Wal-Mart tribe. To be on the other side of that line one needs to have a net worth of at least $10 million and an annual income in seven figures, or you must be one of their many lackeys.
“Them” are the people who are fighting to keep our present health care system. They also like the current farm subsidy program. They aren’t interested in gun control or abortion. They are willing to send troops, and spend unlimited amounts of money, to protect our economic interests in the Middle East.
They are the ones who advised Dick Chaney on our energy policy, and who lobbied Congress to prohibit the government from negotiating for quantity discounts from drug companies.
They aren’t very concerned about the state of our education system because they can easily afford the best private education that money can buy for their own children.
They donate the maximum amount to a broad range of political candidates; they often coerce the people who work for them to do the same, thus insuring access and influence regardless of who wins. They own the lawyers and the legal system, too.
Illegal immigration is fine with them – without it who would raise their children, tend their lawns, and work in their sweatshops for low wages and no benefits?
They invented no-down-payment mortgages, golden parachutes, LBOs, CDOs, off-balance-sheet debt instruments, outsourcing, and lots of other things “us” will be paying for until we die.
But they are tricky.
They often show up at fund-raisers for liberal politicians, work for good causes, and espouse enlightened ideas. They may even believe they are on the side of good, but don’t believe them. They care about only themselves and maintaining their position relative to us.
More than anything they believe in the righteousness of them being one of them, and us being one of us – no matter how badly one of us has it.
Don’t blame the Wal-Mart crowd because we have failed to convince them to vote for the guys we like. They are the smart ones; they know better than anyone that it’s a contest between two of them and no one really cares about us.
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Brilliant and correct. Thank you for focusing us. May I suggest this be submitted as an OpEd?
You're absolutely right D. What we have now makes the "gilded age" look like the '60's.
I second fenway's comments.
The last person I distinctly remember talking about us and them, was George Corley Wallace back in '68. His "Send'em a message" campaign was all about that.
As Ronnie Reagan would say, there you go again trying to start class warfare in this country. You must be a charter member of the Hate America Crowd.
The "we" in life all want to grow up to be "they" and you commies are trying to wreck the American dream.
As for Wallace, he ended up shot in a Maryland shopping mall. So much for speaking his mind.
I say! Bravo.
TROUBLE IS WE IS THEM. AS LONG AS WE FINANCE THEM WE'R THE PROBLEM,NOT THE SOLUTION. IT'S TIME TO START REALLY THINKING ABOUT NOT PAYING TAXES.
I AGREE
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Our political representatives make far too much money and have to much power to be called public servents. they are a big part of the we/they
I'll wear the "Class Warrior" banner proudly. The elites of this country have done nothing but line their own pockets and while betraying the rest of us. It’s time to fight back.
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