Thursday, December 15, 2016
Return of the Robber Barons
From the end of the Nineteenth century through the early part of the Twentieth century a class of wealthy business men and other rich people rose to dominate the economy and politics of our country. These men came to be called the Robber Barons. By the time these men were through, they helped contribute to the Great Depression which nearly destroyed the United States. Today we have the return of the new Robber Barons with the election of Donald Trump as president. Prepare the be stripped of your money, jobs and rights.
We can see the beginning of this with the President Elect Trump’s transition appointments. So far he has appointed wealthy billionaires that are heads of corporations and some with questionable ties to foreign nations like Russia. Many of these people hate the regulations and programs of the departments they will be running. They will be spending most of their time trying to dismantle programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, environmental protections, labor laws, welfare, etc. Programs and laws that protect and help people in our country who don’t have the fortune to be born rich or ever become rich ( the 99%).
The Preamble of the Constitution starts: “We the people. . . .” Make no mistake. These Robber Baron DO NOT CARE about workers, the middle class, working poor, those living in poverty or anyone else. Their bottom line is money and how to accumulate more wealth no matter who they exploit, rip off or make suffer. Their god is MONEY! Period.
The next four years are going to be rough. There will be rising inequality and an economy that favors the rich even more while the rest of us suffer. We the people will need to resist the Robber Barons and fight to keep our rights and programs. We have hope and the numbers. Take an active role and contact your representative to let them know you want them to listen to you or you will vote them out next election. The hope is that our Constitution and elected officials will listen to us to stop the more egregious attempts at destroying our rights and country. Fight back or you’ll lose everything!!
Labels: Robber Barons, Trump
# posted by Freedomstar @ 9:33 AM 
