{"id":6176,"date":"2012-01-12T11:04:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T19:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6176"},"modified":"2012-01-12T11:04:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T19:04:48","slug":"occupy-reality-americans-concern-about-income-inequality-surges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6176","title":{"rendered":"Occupy Reality: Americans Concern About Income Inequality Surges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pew Research Center has conducted an inquiry into the degree of divisions within American society and found that conflicts between rich and poor<\/a> now outpace other sources of group tension.<\/p>\n

That result can only be interpreted as a success for the 99% and those who participated in the nationwide Occupy movement. They decisively altered the national dialogue from one that was obsessed with government spending and debt, to one that focused on economic justice and corporate abuse of power.<\/p>\n

This is a terrible time for the GOP (Greedy One Percent) to be coalescing around Mitt Romney as their nominee for president. A multimillionaire, corporate raider who specializes in bankrupting companies and outsourcing jobs may not be the ideal candidate in this political environment. But, fortunately for Democrats, they are stuck with him.<\/p>\n

The Wealth Gap in American is currently larger than it has ever been. It is larger than it was in the Great Depression. It is even larger than it was during the ancient Roman Empire<\/a> that collapsed from the weight of its own injustice and oppression.<\/p>\n

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The Republicans know all too well that their class war on behalf of the rich is toxic to their electoral aspirations. Their top strategist and pollster, Frank Luntz, has been counseling them to steer clear<\/a> of debates on economic justice and free market capitalism. In a seminar for the Republican Governor’s Association he told them that he is “so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I\u2019m frightened to death.”<\/em> Even fellow Republicans are bashing<\/a> the corporatist tendencies of Romney and his Bain Capital pedigree.<\/p>\n

Not to be left out, Fox News joined the club by posting an article about the Pew survey on their Fox Nation web site. Consistent with their inbred bias, they mocked up a graphic that pastes Obama in front of the “Mission Accomplished”<\/em> banner that George Bush made to pretend that the Iraq war was over, implying that Obama is responsible for the class tensions.<\/p>\n

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The problem with Fox’s characterization is that Obama was a late-comer to the issue. The people were way out in front of this and they overwhelming support<\/a> the goals associated with the Occupy movement. And that includes many of the rich people we are supposed to be in conflict with. Notice how they never called it a class war until we fought back.<\/p>\n

But more importantly, in their rush to smear the President, they are implicitly conceding that income inequality is a significant problem in America and that it is reaching an historic level of risk. Thanks Fox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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