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A good first order approximation of the problem + how to fix it 10/10


I was kind of skeptical since I have seen so many movies on what the problems with America are. Everyone has their idea, and can rustle up some facts to make it appear they have a point, but this movie is basically saying, our problem is debt. Debt that has come about because our government in secret has been giving tax breaks to the 1% and the corporations who have put the squeeze on the rest of the country under the fantasy that all good "trickles down" from them. Somehow Americans seem to believe this nonsense ... especially when it is told to us by bought and paid for politicians starting with Ronald Reagan on TV shows that are owned by massive corporations that lobby for tax reductions as well.

We hear the free market is broken, but if anything is breaking markets it is the monopoly of capital and political power wielded by these big global corporations who started out caring nothing for the indigenous peoples of the third world and not don't treat Americans, or Brits, or French, Greek, Portugese, etc any better than anyone else is the world.

Most of the arguments for the status quo are out and out lies, and most of the promises from these corporations such as bringing back jobs to America are also lies. Somehow the corporate media keeps letting these lies make their way to your ears ... and someone we Americans seem to keep missing it, or forgetting it, or just do not know what to believe and what to do about it.

This movie shows you real working Americans who are tired of being ripped off and paying the taxes corporations should pay, being put under the pressure of supporting a collapsing American system why these corporations just keep amassing more and more cache, paying for governments and even security forces all over the world. This is not what anyone voted for and anyone who says this is the idea of America is just blowing smoke.

We're Not Broke (2012) - rating: 10/10

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