U.S. Congress schemes to make workers pay for economic crisis
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In today’s era of U.S. and worldwide capitalist austerity, not a day or month passes when the corporate media do not inform us that the nation faces yet another economic crisis.
From the deficit crisis, in which the U.S. budget falls short $1 trillion year ly; to the “fiscal cliff” crisis, wherein “across-the-board” cuts in hundreds of social programs and the military are now set to begin; to the upcoming budget crisis, wherein draconian social cuts are in the bipartisan congressio nal hopper; to the multi-trillion dollar bank and corporate bailout that “saved the nation from economic catastro phe,” the end result is the same—work ing people pay, and the rich get richer.
The daily orchestrated maneuvers and shifting the blame by the Demo crats and Republicans reflect the hype generated by their corporate masters, and parroted in the media, to convince a wary public that serious differences are at stake.
In late February, the week before the sky was set to fall with regard to the latest crisis, President Obama toured the nation, Chicken Little style, to chas tise his Republican partners in corpo rate crime for the mandated $83 bil lion “across-the-board” cuts in social Tony Savino / Socialist Action
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