We have had a series of unfortunate events take place in recent history. Sadly, even though the vast majority recognizes them and has a pretty good grasp of the reality that we confront, the ultra-wealthy continue to dig a deeper hole for the rest of us to crawl out from. Long ago, the oligarchs had a very tame way of saying what they really meant, "pro-business" is what they called the first round of their assault. Fed up with union organizing and having to clean up their act under the Clean Air and Clean Water acts, enforced by EPA, business released one of their first salvos in the class war. Pro-business was the sanitized way to say, anti-worker, anti-environment, anti-tax. These folks are adept at the majicianship of getting heads to turn with distraction...Who knows distraction more than Disney, Comcast, CNN, MSNBC, ESPN and Faux News?
The monied interests now own the media outlets, so the only voices that get heard are the ones they allow to be heard. I am one of the people who has been participating in "The Revolution That Has Never Been Televised" since I first learned of it. It is interesting that no matter what terms have been given the exploitation and destruction of our economy, Trickledown economics, austerity, tax-breaks...the result is always the same. We have, for nearly fifty years, created more direct channels to recirculate more wealth to fewer hands, faster. Astute and thoughtful economists warned about this even before the term Reaganomics was coined.
We have known for decades that the wealthy hoard wealth, they don't spend like the rest of us. If it "cost" you a quarter million a year to live, but you made ten million, you would be a fool to spend that extra money (unless you could find a tax sheltered investment that was a sure thing...like art, or diamonds, gold, or antique or high end automobiles) That is not like the spending we do. "Investing" in things that don't matter is the expertise of the ruling class. They often know old wines better than we know our neighbors. The vast majority of people on planet Earth are living hand to mouth and our only investment is in survival.
Why I should do actual work, dangerous, hot and disciplined work, for money, yet I pay over 30% of my income as tax, but when a business sells you something, made by people like me (each paying over 30% of their wages as tax) for money, the corporation only need to pay half as much (15%) tax is the ultimate slap in the face! Adding insult to injury, we have to carry the weight of those corporate exploiters even before they can make their first dollar! Indeed, most large corporations get money from the government rather than having to pay a single penny! The number of wealthy people in our nation, (the U.S. of A.) not paying taxes might astound you. Corporations avoid taxes and accept government hand outs that exceed all social welfare programs combined! The public is no longer satisfied to just turn their heads away from the madness!
This image shows very clearly, the difference between giving back and exploitation. I moved onto the property I continue to buy from the bank over fifteen years ago. The soil was so hammered that it took ten years in some areas to even get earthworms. The soil I have made through giving back is on the right hand side of the container. The dirt created by ignoring the needs of the bottom of the food chain is the dirt on the left-hand side of the container. I keep working to build a community. The oligarchs keep tearing them apart.
I have been writing soulution, instead of solution, but I don't believe it is a typographic error. I would wish to add a depth of meaning to the word. Things that work, are supported by science and are in line with humanity have soul to them. They are the result of love. What the ultra-wealthy want us to think and know and think is real has no bearing on these things. Their imagery and deceitful representations are based on fear and hate. I have heard linguists claim that the word fuck comes from the verb meaning "to plant", like a seed. We need to fuck the liars who sell us soul-less solutions and who cheer-lead for destruction, death and chaos. Perfecting the art of the Give-back or Give-away as some tribal cultures call it may take lifetimes, but what else do we human beings have going on? Distraction? I've got biochar to make and soil to build, catch ya' on the flip side!
The monied interests now own the media outlets, so the only voices that get heard are the ones they allow to be heard. I am one of the people who has been participating in "The Revolution That Has Never Been Televised" since I first learned of it. It is interesting that no matter what terms have been given the exploitation and destruction of our economy, Trickledown economics, austerity, tax-breaks...the result is always the same. We have, for nearly fifty years, created more direct channels to recirculate more wealth to fewer hands, faster. Astute and thoughtful economists warned about this even before the term Reaganomics was coined.
We have known for decades that the wealthy hoard wealth, they don't spend like the rest of us. If it "cost" you a quarter million a year to live, but you made ten million, you would be a fool to spend that extra money (unless you could find a tax sheltered investment that was a sure thing...like art, or diamonds, gold, or antique or high end automobiles) That is not like the spending we do. "Investing" in things that don't matter is the expertise of the ruling class. They often know old wines better than we know our neighbors. The vast majority of people on planet Earth are living hand to mouth and our only investment is in survival.
Why I should do actual work, dangerous, hot and disciplined work, for money, yet I pay over 30% of my income as tax, but when a business sells you something, made by people like me (each paying over 30% of their wages as tax) for money, the corporation only need to pay half as much (15%) tax is the ultimate slap in the face! Adding insult to injury, we have to carry the weight of those corporate exploiters even before they can make their first dollar! Indeed, most large corporations get money from the government rather than having to pay a single penny! The number of wealthy people in our nation, (the U.S. of A.) not paying taxes might astound you. Corporations avoid taxes and accept government hand outs that exceed all social welfare programs combined! The public is no longer satisfied to just turn their heads away from the madness!
I have been writing soulution, instead of solution, but I don't believe it is a typographic error. I would wish to add a depth of meaning to the word. Things that work, are supported by science and are in line with humanity have soul to them. They are the result of love. What the ultra-wealthy want us to think and know and think is real has no bearing on these things. Their imagery and deceitful representations are based on fear and hate. I have heard linguists claim that the word fuck comes from the verb meaning "to plant", like a seed. We need to fuck the liars who sell us soul-less solutions and who cheer-lead for destruction, death and chaos. Perfecting the art of the Give-back or Give-away as some tribal cultures call it may take lifetimes, but what else do we human beings have going on? Distraction? I've got biochar to make and soil to build, catch ya' on the flip side!
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