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Relevant metrics show that the USA democracy is in serious trouble because of the corrupting influence of money and the human desire of greed.



Occupy showed that the rule of law is but the iron fist of armed might.  Ferguson, MO showed that the law enforcement machine in the US has now been militarized and has to will to suppress any dissent.





What can we, the average Joe and Jane, do?

The Adjunct Revolt: How Poor Professors Are Fighting Back - Yahoo Finance

The Adjunct Revolt: How Poor Professors Are Fighting Back - Yahoo Finance



When post secondary institutions use the business model for their educational mission then the management will see their employees as only widgets that can be easily replaced because low wages means high turnover.  It doesn't matter that a individual has spent ten years to get a master and doctorate degrees.  For the new CEO-MBA style university president it is the bottom line of making money that trumps the "educational mission" of the university.



Unionize or die in your harness!

Taxpayers fund creationism in the classroom - Stephanie Simon - POLITICO.com

Taxpayers fund creationism in the classroom - Stephanie Simon - POLITICO.com



The religious right will let us go back to Fred Flintstone time rather then actually have our nation be the technological and science leadership for the 21st century.

Retired and broke: Social Security and the struggle to make it last - Yahoo Finance

Retired and broke: Social Security and the struggle to make it last - Yahoo Finance



The Republican plan is for you to only have the 401(k) Wall Street swindle and NOTHING else.

Sanders, Reid, DeFazio Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Social Security - Newsroom: Bernie Sanders - U.S. Senator for Vermont

This corrects a great unfairness about the way Social Security is funded.

Sanders, Reid, DeFazio Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Social Security - Newsroom: Bernie Sanders - U.S. Senator for Vermont

Coburn: Medicare and Social Security 'Are Things We Don't Absolutely Need' | Video Cafe

Republicans want to put grandma back into a life of poverty.  The whole purpose of Social Security is to have seniors live in dignity.

Remember Social Security has a separate revenue stream that is not a part of the federal budget and that the maximum amount is 2200 USD/month.

Remember that Medicare is for seniors to live healthy lives not in pain and disease.  It is Republicans that created Medicare Part D that does not allow Medicare to use the economics of scale to bring down prescription drug costs down.

Coburn: Medicare and Social Security 'Are Things We Don't Absolutely Need' | Video Cafe

Tell me why President Obama wants to compromise the linchpins of the Democratic Party's promise to Americans?

A Health Insurance Detective Story - NYTimes.com

This is the dilemma of having bureaucracy in for profit health insurance running the show.  I am reminded of Bob aka Mr. Incredible working as a bureaucrat at an insurance company, from the film "The Incredibles", under a tyrannical boss.  Another film that comes to mind is the Terry Gilliam classic "Brazil".

A Health Insurance Detective Story - NYTimes.com