All posts tagged class warfare
I'm not always wearing my full habit...
Together the big five oil companies—BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell—earned a combined $33.5 billion, or $368 million per day, during the first quarter of 2012.
That’s like winning the record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot every 2 days. BUT these companies still get $24 billion in tax breaks.
Words fail me.
(via hairtrending)
Banks that charge customers to use debit cards are trying to rationalize one of the largest illegal transfers of wealth from consumers to banks in American history.
more.
Waitaminnit, I thought the redistribution of wealth was a bad thing, that we can’t do. You mean, it’s okay, as long as the wealth is redistributed to those who already have more than they need?
(Source: thesmithian, via abowlofbranflakes)
Let’s be clear: There really is a class war going on, and the upper class is winning.
Jim Wallis
… who continues with a great metaphor:
Imagine a bomber pilot cruising high above the clouds, utterly destroying a city below him. After much devastation, a kid with a sling shot hurls a stone at the airplane that is leveling his city and community. The stone pings on the fuselage and the pilot becomes indignant. “These people are engaged in warfare,” he exclaims. “Who do they think they are? This kind of behavior will divide people and is just irresponsible!”
(Source: blog.sojo.net)
