Reply #29: It's hard to deal with our system because of it's restrictive nature [View All]

[Selatius]

People can see the decay in the countryside now. It's becoming visible now to most Americans and is hard to deny or ignore. You can travel across the countryside in the Northeast of this country in places like Ohio and Pennsylvania and see entire communities hollowed out as a result of policies pushed through by corporate elements in government today. The factories are left rusting, and many homes are empty because the corporations moved overseas. As a result, poverty has increased.

They insist free trade is the way to go and will lead to cheap prices for consumers, but most people on the ground see their jobs leaving the country to India and China and other parts of the world because these people who run the corporations find labor there far cheaper, easier to exploit, and easier to control and manipulate, yet the cost of living for average Americans continues to rise despite claims of lower prices. Eventually, the middle class will be crushed if we take current trends to their logical conclusion.

All of you over there in Europe must have seen how hurricane Katrina brought America to her knees and must have been shocked at our government's lack of action to help the poorest when they needed it the most. That should give you a taste of how sick our Republic has grown. It should be taken as a stern warning on what happens when you allow greed to consume your country.