Comments on: Level the Playing Field http://doe333.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/level-the-playing-field/ rEvolutionary news, artistic views, random rants Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:34:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Christel http://doe333.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/level-the-playing-field/#comment-24 Christel Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:58:48 +0000 http://doe333.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-24 The money was there when the government said I had to take out a $12,000 student loan at nearly 20% interest because my homeless father who hadn't worked in 8 months had somehow managed to earn too much money in the preceding tax year. Now, I am being harshly threatened with collections and worse, because my father (who, 3 years later, is still homeless) and I do not make enough to pay back the loan at the rate they require. Redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor is called socialism. Redistribution of wealth from the ever-poorer to the ever-richer is called capitalism. The ultra-wealthy elite want you to believe that socialism is scary and bad because they are scared of having mere millions instead of hundreds of millions, or billions! ...and they know they are VASTLY outnumbered by the poor. So the survival of the oligarchy depends on keeping the poor ignorant, lazy, and embroiled in petty conflicts over gay marriage, racial issues, and the like. The money was there when the government said I had to take out a $12,000 student loan at nearly 20% interest because my homeless father who hadn’t worked in 8 months had somehow managed to earn too much money in the preceding tax year. Now, I am being harshly threatened with collections and worse, because my father (who, 3 years later, is still homeless) and I do not make enough to pay back the loan at the rate they require.

Redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor is called socialism. Redistribution of wealth from the ever-poorer to the ever-richer is called capitalism. The ultra-wealthy elite want you to believe that socialism is scary and bad because they are scared of having mere millions instead of hundreds of millions, or billions! …and they know they are VASTLY outnumbered by the poor. So the survival of the oligarchy depends on keeping the poor ignorant, lazy, and embroiled in petty conflicts over gay marriage, racial issues, and the like.

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