Monday 30 July 2012
America has, of course, made great strides for freedom in regard to all of its citizens. But now America has regressed, and poverty is the new slavery. The blinders are once again firmly affixed, and the necessary checks and balances have disappeared, making way for policies that coddle the wealthy, while the persistent poor, the working poor and the “new poor” are ignored and rendered invisible. The fact that one percent of the nation’s richest individuals control 42 percent of the nation’s wealth is, to me, a stunning revelation in the wake of a recession. Tavis Smiley ☀
