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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerica is not broke -- We were robbed (and other graphics as seen on Facebook)
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America is not broke -- We were robbed (and other graphics as seen on Facebook) (Original Post)
OmahaBlueDog
Sep 2012
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porphyrian
(18,530 posts)1. . n/t
handmade34
(22,756 posts)2. a hearty rec!
Raster
(20,998 posts)3. It's the first graphic about the subsidies to the Petroleum Mafia that gets me.
That just illustrates the reported and accounted for monetary subsidies for the Petroleum Mafia. What it DOES NOT ILLUSTRATE is the cost to the United States for the military services rendered to the Petroleum Mafia. And let's face it, for all practical purposes the United States Military and it's infrastructure are the world-wide security service for the Petroleum Mafia and it's various interests.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)4. Hey, but at least Exxon gives us cheap gasoline in return for all those billion $ tax breaks.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)5. Van Jones and Prince in Chicago for rebuild the dream loast week
Wall Street bailouts, tax handouts to the rich, and corporate loopholes are draining our nation's wealth. Yet many claim we can't afford basic social programs. Join us to fight the lie: America is NOT brokewe're being robbed.
http://rebuildthedream.com/
OmahaBlueDog
(10,000 posts)6. America is Being Robbed
The worst of the 1% are stockpiling more cash than the Pharoahs ever dreamed of, while Americans suffer and politicians tell us that America is "broke."
Enough is enough. America isn't broke -- we're being robbed. Over the next six months, we'll be calling out those who are robbing America and proving that we can Rebuild the American Dream
The first step in fighting back is to commit to each other that we won't buy the myth, and we won't sit silent while today's robber barons set the terms of the debate.
Add your name to those of other Rebuilders now.
Enough is enough. America isn't broke -- we're being robbed. Over the next six months, we'll be calling out those who are robbing America and proving that we can Rebuild the American Dream
The first step in fighting back is to commit to each other that we won't buy the myth, and we won't sit silent while today's robber barons set the terms of the debate.
Add your name to those of other Rebuilders now.
http://act.rebuildthedream.com/sign/america_is_being_robbed?source=rtd_feature
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)7. DC is OWNED.
Lock, stock, & barrel.
OPERATION NORTHWOODS
Zorra
(27,670 posts)8. knr
KoKo
(84,711 posts)9. K&R...your facts speak for themselves. n't