Signs of a Dying Society

[HomerRamone]

http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/signs-of-a-dying-society

While Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning and John Kiriakou are vilified for revealing vital information about spying and bombing and torture, a man who conspired with Goldman Sachs to make billions of dollars on the planned failure of subprime mortgages was honored by New York University for his "Outstanding Contributions to Society."

This is one example of the distorted thinking leading to the demise of a once-vibrant American society. There are other signs of decay:

1. A House Bill Would View Corporate Crimes as 'Honest Mistakes'

2. Unpaid Taxes of 500 Companies Could Pay for a Job for Every Unemployed American

3. Almost 2/3 of American Families Couldn't Afford a Single Pill of a Life-Saving Drug

4. Violent Crime Down, Prison Population Doubles

5. One in Four Americans Suffer Mental Illness, Mental Health Facilities Cut by 90%

There exists a common theme amidst these signs of societal decay: The super-rich keep taking from the middle class as the middle class becomes a massive lower class. Yet the myth persists that we should all look up with admiration at the "self-made" takers who are ripping our society apart.

[840high]

1. kick

[niyad]

2. disheartened k and r

[FlatBaroque]

3. ...k

[pa28]

4. Pointing out corruption makes you an enemy and guarantees a stiff sentence in federal prison.

Meanwhile the people who actually engaged in the malfeasance disclosed by whistle blowers still walk free. Yep, there is malignant tumor that needs to be removed.

[Thespian2]

5. Huge K & R !!!

[2naSalit]

6. The awful truth. K&R

[TIME TO PANIC]

7. K & R

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. You are bringing me down HR

[appalachiablue]

9. K & R. Ghastly and what's to be done to change this.

[Mnemosyne]

10. KnR nt

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[Octafish]

11. Haves and Have-Mores

Thank you for very important information, HomerRamone. Great to read ya!

[daleanime]

12. ........

[LS_Editor]

13. Some want to put it out of its misery... Hillary: First Woman President Worth Death of Middle Class

I swear, if I hear Hillary Clinton bring up her gender as a professional qualification for president I will scream. Using that logic puts her in the same league as Sarah Palin and Carly Fiorina, and she is better than them. Hillary's past actions and current positions matter most, and she is not the progressive candidate who can save our society. Far too many connections to the people responsible for where we are today, which this piece of satire communicates well.

Hillary: First Woman President Worth Death of Middle Class

WASHINGTON (The Nil Admirari) - Today, Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Americans electing the United States' first female president was worth the final collapse and permanent extinction of the American middle class. Clinton urged Americans to not be sexist, and to vote for her instead of trying to prevent both their standard of living and wages from continuing their free fall courtesy of the very people bankrolling her presidential campaign.

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Clinton added, "It is painfully clear to me the biggest sexist in America is that horrible Bernie Sanders, who keeps focusing on issues like rising income inequality that a large majority of Americans are deeply concerned about. Seriously, Americans just need to drop their silly, sexist, and sentimental attachment to the middle class and vote for me."

[sabrina 1]

14. Apathy allowed sociopaths to take over. NOW we have a duty to take that power

away from them and restore SANITY to this nation.

[lonestarnot]

15. We have been fucked for quite a period of time. You would think people have had enough by now, but

apparently not. Richie rich just keep gett'n richer.

[cantbeserious]

16. Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations, Banks And Their Media Minions And MIC Henchmen

eom

[Scuba]

17. If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ...

... just what is it the defense budget is defending?