Moms Rising is collecting stories of mothers and the economic fall. You can find those stories here.
My tirade is there, under the same title as this blog. And as far as I’m concerned, I was pretty darned restrained.
It is ludicrous, nay, ridiculous, perhaps egregious, that “our” policymakers (they are NOT lawmakers, folks, they are our servants) keep giving the very rich more of our money, and we keep letting them. They cry about pay cuts, but how many of us are laying awake at night wondering how we’re going to feed our children?
I think we’ve moved past the days of public guillotines. But I’m not sure how much people are gonna take. When tax refunds are made in IOUs, but we’re expected to still pay, when the bill from the bailouts comes due and most of us have lost our homes, our jobs, and our hope… what exactly do the very privileged think is going to come next? It only takes a casual review of history to see what always comes next. When the masses have nothing to lose, their ability to conceive of, and execute, drastic relief solutions, manifests.
Guess I better learn to knit.
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“People should not fear their government. The government should fear its people.” – V (V for Vendetta)
Thanks for the link Laureen. I posted over there just now, and like you, I was more restrained than they deserve. Mine is posted under YvonneRupert–my prof. name. Hang in there.
OMG Jackie, that story on the Moms Rising site is unbelievable. I hope to god someone’s listening.
Oh, I’m so sorry – those stories are heartbreaking…
L, just realised you had changed your theme (it doesn’t come through on RSS so I didn’t notice until I came to the site) – I thought I was looking at the EA blog!
Thinking of you, and all those struggling through this madness.