On 26-Sep-2010, bpuharic wrote:

The prior middle class needs to take care of themselves. The opportunity
wasn't wasted - the masses were and are still committing economic
suicide.

we do take care of ourselves. we pay for EVERYTHING. that's the
problem the rich pay for NOTHING.

Their money was stolen, right? Want to be sure I keep the Marxist
perspective.


and we're committing suicide because we protect the rich at all costs,
courtesy of the right wing

Then STOP, fool.


because the rich have decided it's cheaper to deny americans a working
wage

Who specifically OWES you anything?

my boss does when i put in a fair day's labor you idiot. i know the
right wing looks at an honest day's work and laughs their asses
off...some of us believe in honest labor

And when you're paid, you're even. What are you bitching about???





the rich got a 500% pay increase in the last 37 years. the middle
class?

zero

..and declining - you need to emigrate if you want an opportunity, or,
are
you still looking for somebody else to "do something?"

yeah. the rich to start paying their fair share and the right wing to
stop sucking up to them

"The rich" (Bedwetters Anonymous terminology) could no longer afford to
support the majority welfare class (80% of population). In productive
countries, (Japan, Korea, red China, Viet Nam, India and on and on) there is
no welfare class - everybody's doing something, unlike in the U.S. Japan
almost fell into that trap in the late 80's, had to farm out labor to
Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines. Core middle class employment remainded in
Japan (unlike the US) such as engineering, management and R & D. Only the
factory rats expanded in the 3rd world, except India where they "get it" and
are expanding tremendously. See the direction of the U.S? No engineering or
R & D or high tech output, and without the previous plant operations, no
factory rats. You're screwed from both ends. Japs don't buy US products,
Koreans buy Korean, Chinese buy Chinese, even burnt out industrialized
countries like Germany and France buy German and French. It's primarily the
U.S. inhabitants that send most assets overseas, thenwonders, "WTF?"

Your solution is for non existent companies to give raises to people not
producing anything so they can be better off, right?