MSNBCs Rachel Maddow: Author Barbara Ehrenreich, on the state of the middle class

[marcwut]

For the last several decades, unions have had as their sole political strategy supporting Democrats. This has been a disaster for unions, as the chart in the video shows. Union membership has plummeted as has the standard of living of working people. Unions don't get it. Ehrenreich is right, unions need to make a clean break with the corporate Democratic Party and take independent political action. We can start with a Labor Party!

[thenewmiLONNIEum]

Rachel Maddow, when will you get a fucking clue and understand that the Democratic Party is as pro-corporate as the Republicans? You are one of the fucking monsters who keeps the status quo going by convincing people that the Democrats are good.

[sirfith]

Love how Adam Shepard and his book Scratch Beginnings with John Stossel showed what a fraud Barbara Ehrenreich and her book Nickel and Dimed was

Google "The Middle Class Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You"

[StillAtMyMoms]

@sirfith Fuck you, conservative shill. The name "John Stossel" already told me that his book is already biased and skewed. The middle class is doing just fine? It's deteriorating--and that was written over ten years ago!

[xxxxPaladinxxxx]

Instead of giving their money to Democratic candidates, the unions should just take their money and burn it. They'll get the job done quicker.

[37Dionysos]

Americans---the most turned-around people on the planet. Told for decades by "think tanks" that government is their enemy while business has fucked every single attempt to solve a problem by BRIBING politicians away from doing the right or even the sane thing. Name a catastrophe in the last 30 years and ask who caused it---it's business every single time, from the Gulf Oil spill to Wall Street over and over. WAKE UP, fools. It's time to turn out in Washington in Sept./October and kick ass.

[mitchgunthorpe]

I'd like to ciongradulate pete petersen, the cock brothers and govs walker, scott snyder, christie and kasich. this was our last stand in terms of push back. you guys played it masterfully- particularly the timing of the $30 million injection.

the people lose. you guys win. the great thing about pay to play democracy is that he who spends the most emerges victorious.

go D-baggers GO!

[ekjohndeer]

@mitchgunthorpe You are a moron !! You fail to mention George Soros , and Union Thugs across the nation ,and MSNBC , How about the people voted the first time and now the second time you still don't like it. you fail to mention that Obama has spent twice much on his campaign. You better go to your Union boss and find out what you should do next.

[Aiden057]

Well, said by a program that has no Union Staff.

[jag10]

Two cheerleaders for the new communist order.

Two cheerleaders for the puppet of the banking cabal.

[2010GOP]

Uh.. Really?

What about Obama's "select corporations" who are receiving billions in taxpayer money for retirees' personal bank accounts? One of them is GE, who already receives govt contracts, pays no taxes & whose CEO is head of Obama's "Economic Advisory Board"

Democrats & AIG ring any bells?

FEC - Last several years, Democrats receive more $ from Wall Street than Republicans

K-Street Lobbyists - Chevron, Wal-Mart & others find loophole to exceed limits on donations - 90% went to Democrats