1) Congress can’t agree on a plan to reduce the federal deficit. This offers more proof that partisan politics trumps any sense of acting for the good of the country.
2) The “one percent” has too much clout. This is closely related to Number 1 on this list.
60 Minutes just told the story of Grover Norquist. He’s the anti-tax activist that is thought to control the Republican Party more than any other individual. There are too many like him — a tiny percentage of special interests that wields way too much power and influence over the country’s direction and future.
3) As many as 100 million Americans fall into the classification of “poor” or “near poor.” This is the result of an analysis done recently by the Census Bureau for The New York Times. It is nothing short of tragic.
Think about it — one third of all Americans barely able to scrape by as a result of unemployment, underemployment, and wages and earnings too meager to provide a decent living. So much for the proud middle class.
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