Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The Great Social Security Robbery

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, December 17, 2012

The Great Social Security Robbery

Click here to access article by James Petras from his blog.

This retired sociology professor and political analyst demonstrates that he thoroughly understands the Social Security and Medicare programs that our masters in the One Percent are attacking. You see, they have been robbing this fund for years; but now when the surplus in our funds is decreasing, they want to reduce the payments that go to us so that they can obtain more support their never-ending wars for world domination. His essay provides an excellent antidote to the powerful, obsessive media campaign of lies and distortion. This attack represents another battleground in the current, raging class war. Unfortunately, its seems to be waged by mostly one side.