In my last column, I argued that the real significance of Occupy Together is not its effectiveness in pressuring the 1%'s state to enact reforms, but rather in showing the 99% our own strength. We're an entire society in ourselves, the producers, and we don't need the 1% - it's they who would starve without us.
Since Reagan, Republicans have been on a "starve the beast" campaign - by which they mean eviscerate the government by taking away as much revenue as they can.
The Whole F**king Thing's Coming DownLYRICS BY PUNK PATRIOThttp://punkpatriot.blogspot.com/MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY THE FRANK FACTORhttp://TheFrankFactor.comUsed with permission - creative commons attrib. remixhttp://october2011.org/
Hedge funds, derivatives, tea pot domewall street gambling, using your homecongress isn't gonna do a single fucking thingbecause their campaign contributions all come attached with stringsThe Democratic Party is a failing institutionwhat we need now is a real revolution
But the whole fucking thing is coming downYeah the whole fucking thing is coming down
The United States is a global empireCorporations, well they're fucking vampiressucking wealth from the poorcommitting wage theftHey, who will work for you when we've starved to death?
But the whole fucking thing is coming downYeah the whole fucking thing is coming down
I've got me full time J.O.B.but that doesn't mean I can afford to eatI've got student loans, but no degreeso I'm gonna die working at this J.O.B.No health insurance, we're all temporary hiresso if we get sick we'll just hurry up and die
But the whole fucking thing is coming downYeah the whole fucking thing is coming down
wages so low we can't afford the rentso we have to rely on the governmentbut the rich man doesn't want to pay his taxesso the social programs, they''re the first to get the axewe don't complain, we don't bitchthe only thing we've got left to eat is the rich
But the whole fucking thing is coming downYeah the whole fucking thing is coming down
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