Quote from gnome:
How is that going to help the majority of Americans
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IT IS NOT
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What ever happened to "government of the people, by the people and for the people"?
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The US entered the industrial age without any social baggage and then engaged in a bloody civil commodities war under the pretext of social equality.
The gov. of the day got away with this act and set in motion a standard for future govs to lower themselves to.
A by product of the war was a giant leap forward in industrialisation that permitted Workers to buy the very products that they produced for the very first time.
As time went by more and more novel (and eventually desperate ) methods were created to increase the purchasing power of US people.
Remember "GM leads the US"
Sadly, it might still be true.
Eventually all good things come to an end and US business learned that it must globalise in order to survive and thereby grow.
And that is where US is right now... US business is globalising and it's people lie shattered and in disbelief.
Back to your question ..."What ever happened to "government of the people, by the people and for the people"?"
Maybe it was all an illusion. The people were just along for the ride.
History repeating itself yet again.
regards
f9