Corporatocracy and how it destroyed everything our country was founded on.
My pedigree as both a descendent of the Mayflower (Bradford) and the American Revolution (several ancestors) is solid. I was born in 1971, when the shift of "we" back to an "I" society was coalescing in the late 70's, in the name of evangelicals, war profiteers, bankers and multinational corporations that didn't want to be bothered with regulation. These regulations have destroyed the fabric of everything.
My experience with Corporatocracy is as follows:
Housing for children and poor families:
Funding was reduced so that the poor are poorer than ever. The money that previously went into social services that protect the most vulnerable have been mostly depleted with the lies of "welfare queens" and dismissing the poor as unworthy since they are poor citizens not "rich consumers."
As for foreclosures and the market bubble collapsing, I am a victim of that. I purchased my home in 2007, when the market was crashing. We lost all equity and savings in that purchase. We are unable to refinance.
Food for the poor:
Food banks are flooded with poor, trying to survive. The demand for food exceeds the generosity of the corporations. The food that often is donated for such purposes are expired or nutritionally void.
Healthcare for everyone:
Rather than have Medicare for all, we have representatives who have their healthcare needs taken care of, elderly who do not want the same privileges for everyone else, and most of all, private insurance companies that want to make money off of providing everyone with healthcare. We are the only "industrialized country" without healthcare for all. In my own experience, a 1/3 of my monthly salary goes to my premium and my co pays. Obamacare serves the insurance companies, not us. One day, we will have Medicare for all and we pay our premiums to the government and see whatever private doctor we want.
Banking:
Another example of how a service for the people got high jacked by the Wall Street and corporations. There is no lack of money. There is a lack of generosity and trust. Overpopulation has allowed the rich to dismiss the poor as undesirables. Wall Street is an illusion. It has nothing to do with what the value a company is, and has everything to do with what the Wall Street gamblers believe the value is or is not.
Politics and our Judiciary
I do not believe electing and appointing rich people to lead our country is helping. Get educated, compassionate leaders and judges to make decision for our country. If only 1-2% of our country owns everything, we need leaders that represent us, not the multinational corporations and money hoarders who are committing genocide through greed. Remove money as a factor completely and our system will start to move again. Oligarchy does not work for a society who wishes to remain.
Entitlements
They are the least we can do. I want to support everyone with my taxes. I want my taxes to go to the causes I choose, not the soulless leaders who are corrupted by money and power.
My Background:
I have been exalted in my skills and smarts and fired for the same reasons. My ideas may be too early in time but they are the ideas that move us to the next level of evolution.
Expand empathy/compassion and love. This is the only way we all heal. To save our planet, we much choose her over corporate interests.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend. - John Leonard
