The Birth of a Social Movement

International bond salesman Jason MacMillan and his quirky old Harvard pal South African scientist Dr. Cory Schneider catch up on the phone after MacMillan comes back home from visiting him in Johannesburg. MacMillan's girlfriend, cartoon writer Jessica Newman listens in on speaker phone...

From "Trickle Down - How the 99% Foughtt Back & Won"

Pg. 39

"By the way, how's that Emma you hooked up with in the Big Apple?" asked Schneider.

Jessica grabbed Jason's crotch and screamed, "Who's getting a Big Apple enema?"

He doubled over in pain. "Are you crazy? Let go!"

Schneider calmly clarified the situation. "Emma's a surfer term for a 'hot chic' Jessica. He was referring to you. No need to take the man down." That relieved some of the pressure. Jason, still in pain sighed with relief and pointed to the door.

Schneider laughed. "Checking the family jewels, eh? You two are going to make me bark the dog!"

Jason ran his hand through his hair. "How's that doomsday pig of yours anyway?" Quantum's ears perked up and he oinked into the phone.

"No bru, puke -- you're making me puke."

MacMillan took a deep breath and got down to business. "Coz, I've been thinking. What do you say we start something big? Something that'll turn the economy right side up and give the little guy a real fighting chance."

Schneider, still on his back scanned the equations on the chalkboard attached to the ceiling until he got to a sentence at the very bottom. It was a quote from a well respected French poet and novelist: “One cannot resist an idea whose time has come”

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U.S. Senator Explains Why Middle Class Needs to Struggle

Good 'ol boy and long-time incumbent U.S. Senator William "Bud" Childress of Oklahoma raises money at a lavish fundraiser in Georgetown but gets questioned on the U.S. economy by his grandson's friend Kyle as they watch "The Doolittle's"...

"Trickle Down - How the 99% Fought Back and Won" Pg. 63

"Lyle..."

"That's Kyle Senator."

"Lyle, I can spend the next two-plus hours explaining the economics of the whole situation. I can give you pie charts and pie graphs and bar codes and the whole proverbial kit and caboodle, but it all boils down to the undeniable and inexplicable fact that American entrepreneurs cannot in any way, shape or form compete in or on the world stage with the likes of Red China, Russia, Cuba and Canada if wages are too high here in the US of A! And you can blame the unions for that. Workers are just makin' too damn much here. Do I make myself clear?"

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"But with all due respect wouldn't the nation as a whole be better off if regular working folks made more money?"

"And whose pockets would that extra money come from son? It sure ain't comin' from mine I can assure you that." His exclamation point came in the form of a long honk into his handkerchief. The teens played along nodding in agreement. "Look, I got some money matters to tend to so I trust y'all will march in line with Private Gomer and company." 

Will Joe Biden Run?

It looks like he will. President Obama gave him his blessing yesterday and he's been meeting with donors and strategists. He's been a life long defender of middle class values and would continue to fight on our behalf. But his candidacy would certainly mean Rupert Murdoch, the Koch Brothers, et al won by taking out Hillary on the email issue. So that means their operatives will use a fine tooth comb to sift through everything they could find on Biden. It's all they can do. When have they ever given us an economic plan that puts the 99% first?

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Playing on Fear

That strategy has worked throughout history in Europe and unfortunately is doing its magic here in the U.S. Americans need better paying jobs. Period.
By giving employers virtual control over our lives we are at their mercy. It really doesn't matter how good we are at what we do because the bottom line is -- well, the bottom line. As long as the boss can get away with demanding the most while paying the least, he'll do it. Guns? Abortion? Sending illegals back? Emotional issues -- it's their way of taking our eyes off the ball. And when the smoke clears, guess what we have? Bad pay and worse benefits -- if any. And it will never change for us until we filter out their noise and focus on what really matters -- getting our fair share.
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Tax Breaks for the Rich DON'T Trickle Down After All

Reaganomics, better known as Trickle Down economics has always been a flop for the middle class and finally that conclusion is getting into the mainstream media...if the big dogs get the food why would they share?

http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/15/news/economy/trickle-down-theory-wrong-imf/

Gandhi & Martin Luther King, Jr. Still Change Minds

Jason MacMillan, the book's main character, has an epiphany on his corporate jet...

Trickle Down - Pg. 29

They were 32,000 feet above Namibia and the movie "Gandhi" had just ended and Macmillan focused on one of Gandhi's famous quotes “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it. Always.”

It all seemed to make sense. Compared to the rest of the nation Gandhi was well off. His father was a prominent state official but Gandhi later rejected the system and fought for the poor. And that's what Macmillan was in the process of doing. Ironically Gandhi began his non-violent civil disobedience movement in South Africa. Macmillan also thought about Gandhi's courage and how a simple man started a movement that eventually led India to independence and helped spark movements for civil rights and freedom throughout the world. Could Gandhi's approach work in the United States on an economic level -- a non-violent revolution that would once and for all level the playing field between corporate America and the richest of the rich and the working man who just wants his fair share?

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President Jimmy Carter

Even though former president Jimmy Carter's 90, my heart goes out to him after hearing his diagnosis. I remember his enormous effort to bring peace to the Middle East that resulted in a cessation of hostilities between Israel, Egypt and Jordan in 1978. A big difference from what the war hawks gave us later in Iraq.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jimmy-carter-says-cancer-has-spread-to-his-brain/ar-BBlVTEO

You're Subsidizing Wal-Mart's Low Wages

Things Get Wild at "Trickle Down" Thanksgiving Dinner

Oh those political arguments at the Thanksgiving dinner table...stuttering neo con Ed Simpson has it out with liberal cartoon writer Jessica Newman at Simpson's Greenwich, Connecticut home. The topic -- tax cuts for the rich and Iraq...

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Trickle Down - page 59

Ed gave him a “shut up you idiot” look and followed with his boiled down version of conservative economic theory -- in super slow motion. "Now if B-buh-Bush f-felt that the government should step in and play referee w-with our tax money, then he w-w-would have duh-done so."

Jessica couldn't hold back anymore. "Oh yeah, he managed to play referee with billions of our tax dollars and piss it away in that idiotic war in Iraq, Ed! Not to mention giving his rich business pals more of our hard earned money in the form of tax cuts! And did they use that money to create good paying jobs like they were supposed to? Noooo! We got oogatz!" Jason kicked her leg.

Red-faced, Ed returned fire. "Weh-weh-well I see the Teamsters hah-have a new m-m-m-member."

Then someone else joined the brawl -- the family's French Poodle who took Jessica's side with a bite on Ed's leg. "Duh-duh-dammit Freedom, you're a typical French brat!" he yelled as the cuddly little white dog barked away. Jessica took that as a cue to give Ed the finger. Ed gave her two back while Jason bowed his head and lifted a biscuit. "These are superb Linda. If I didn't know better I'd think that the old Pepperidge Farm guy in the buggy baked them himself."

"Wasn't he in the KKK?" asked Justin.

Jason jumped right in. "That was Colonel Sanders. Allegedly."

Linda had enough and slammed down her napkin. "It serves you right! At least someone has brains around here! Come to mommy sweetheart." Freedom jumped on her lap and licked her face. "Daddy always sides with those one-percenters doesn't he."

Ed cooled down and asked Natasha why she was wearing her studded leather jacket at the dinner table, "And that awful nose-r-r-ring!" A horn honked outside. She abandoned her full plate of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce grabbed her jacket and raced out the front door.

"Nattie, aren't you s-s-s-staying for dessert? P-puh-pumpkin pie!" By the time he got the words out she was already in the red Camaro zigzagging out of the driveway in a cloud of brown dust.

Jessica slammed her napkin down and waved her finger at Jason. "Next year we're going to White Castle!"

Ed kept his cool. "I'm sure you-you'd f-f-fit in juh-juh- just fine eating there with Reverend Al Sharpton and his kind." He calmly took a sip of wine.

Jessica grabbed the turkey-shaped gravy dish and reared back. "I'm gonna brain you, you Koch brothers blowup doll!"

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