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2011-02-28 | ||||||
[Iran Press TV] The American middle class is being attacked by an oligarchy, who wants to control economy, as Wisconsin protests the plan to constrain public sector unions, a US expert says.
On Saturday, about 100,000 people converged in the Wisconsin State Capitol to show their anger at the Republican governors' decision to strip public sector unions of most collective bargaining rights in areas of healthcare coverage, pensions and other benefits. The demonstration, which was one of the biggest rallies since the Vietnam War, has taken place on the character of revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt whose autocratic leaders had control of vast areas of the economy in their countries. When asked about the fact that five percent of the US population control 85 percent of the productive wealth, Loewenstein stated that "It's unbelievable, in fact, how much the middle class... is being attacked by an oligarchy, basically, of people who want to control the nations' economy." "In Madison, this [problem] came out in the form of a so-called reform bill by our state governor... and this is now the last straw. This is an attack on public sector workers and public labor unions...this is time for a democratic revival in the United States," said Loewenstein, who is also the Associate Director of the Middle East Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
"The state does not have to cut the collective bargaining rights of the middle class or the lower class in order to repair its budget, what it needs to do is to start taxing corporations, taxing the rich, raising taxes on people who have billions of dollars,
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Posted by:lotp |
#8 Wow. The sheer lack of self-awareness of this flower of American oligarchy could power a mid-size aluminum mill. And I like the nickname "Purple Shirts" for the union gooncracy. It's got the same lame, fruity flare as the old Silver Shirts. |
Posted by: Mitch H. 2011-02-28 13:32 |
#7 "US political elites and their purple shirts attack the middle class" ^Would agree with that! |
Posted by: DarthVader 2011-02-28 13:01 |
#6 With a name like Loewenstein, I wonder how Jenny would do if she were to study the Middle East up close and personal? Maybe Lara Logan will call her and give her a few pointers. |
Posted by: Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-02-28 10:24 |
#5 The American middle class is being attacked by an oligarchy... Even a stopped clock???? |
Posted by: anonymous2u 2011-02-28 10:16 |
#4 ...a US expert says. And what makes Jenny an "expert" you may ask? JENNIFER LOEWENSTEIN *Views Israel as an illegitimate entity that has no moral or legal right to exist. Board member of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions-USA. *Portrayed Israelis as “masters in the art of destruction” who seek to “devastate” and “decimate” Palestinian society with “record-breaking violations of international law and basic human morality”. *Says that Hamas suicide bombings are "not an outgrowth of displaced fanaticism" but rather a form of “legitimate popular resistance. An "expert" for PressTV anyway. |
Posted by: DepotGuy 2011-02-28 09:43 |
#3 UAW Local 95's website and Madison Rally Instructions. Nice to see our taxpayer GM bailout money being put to intelligent use. I believe the GM plant in Janesville has permanently closed. Are these Union thugs somehow hanging on? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2011-02-28 07:33 |
#2 what it needs to do is to start taxing corporations, You mean like...(one foot already in Mexico) Harley Davidson Corporation? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2011-02-28 07:23 |
#1 Is that you, Jenny! |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-02-28 00:25 |