Talking Point: "The American dream has been bought by the banks"
Posted on 08. Oct, 2011 by mstradford
in Talking Points/Soundbite
The American dream has been bought by the banks and citizens can no longer afford it.
I'm happy to see folks out and about attempting to shift attention towards our broken fincancial systems. IMO - Americans need to maintain a prolonged interest in the economy.
We all need to be acutely aware of how fees, taxes, interest and price/market manipulation enslave us. We can't just turn over the political reigns to those who would have the markets run amok. Freeing these algorythmic machine trades from regulation - freeing the machines to run code that extracts $$ with no consideration for human welfare.
We 99%ers need to stay engaged and influence our political leaders. Whoever you support for the 2012 elections - be sure to make them work for it!
Some good books ...about the past, present and future:
- Debt: The First 5,000 Years - David Graeber
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/what-is-debt-%E2%80%93-an-intervi...
- Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
http://treasureislands.org/the-book/
- Free: The Future of a Radical Price - Chris Anderson
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free?currentPage=all
- Revolutionary Wealth - Alvin and Heidi Toffler
http://www.randomhouse.com/book/179100/revolutionary-wealth-by-alvin-tof...
- The Singularity is Near - Ray Kurzweil
http://www.singularity.com/aboutthebook.html