In Government tells employers how to avoid paying OT, we see that our government is joining in on the crusade against the worker. Inequality and Corporate Power explains how this crusade is taking place, focusing on the ever widening gap between the rich and the poor with the middle class disappearing. Here are ten causes of the gap that the authors, Edward Wolff and Jared Bernstein, listed:

1. Falling Levels of Unionization
2. Corporate Globalization
3. Declining Minimum Wage
4. The Soaring Stock Market
5. Tax Cuts for the Rich [check out The Onion satire about Bush's tax cuts, and see Homer Gets a Tax Cut to figure out why so many non-rich Americans support tax breaks for the rich]
6. Reduced Taxes on Corporations
7. Declining Welfare Payments to the Poor, Increased Payments to the Rich
8. An Out-of-Whack Financial System
9. Tight Money from the Federal Reserve
10. A Culture of Overcompensation and Acceptance of the Wealth DivideThat is exactly what I think is the problem--all of it. If you vote for Dirtgrain, I promise to do away with all of these treacheries. Power to the people.

If you have questions, or if you are not rich and want to gripe about the lack of upward mobility, or if you are rich and want to complain about how non-rich people are always griping about money that should "rightfully" be yours, go to Inequality.org, an excellent site where I found several of the above articles. If you're not so sure about the widening gap, then see The New, Definitive CBO Data on Income and Tax Trends. And for last time, no, I'm not a communist--I just want everyone to have an equal shot at life, liberty and happiness, and I want us to do away with poverty.