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

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

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."

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Trickle Down How The 99% Fought Back and Won

It's 2007 and Americans are losing their homes in the worst economic meltdown since the depression. But payback is underway. A ruthless murderer dubbed "The Monopoly Killer" is on the loose and his victims are some of the richest power brokers in the country.
In this black comedy, Jason Macmillan, a young and wealthy international bond salesman has it all but still wants more – until tragic events force him to reevaluate his life. Finding inspiration from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, Macmillan switches from a "One Percenter" to a fighter for the middle class. With the help of his girlfriend Jessica Newman, a shoot-from-the-hip cartoon writer, Macmillan ignites a populist movement called "Enough's Enough" that grows into the tens of millions. They team up with his old Harvard buddy Dr. Cory Schneider, a quirky but brilliant South African physicist, and Dishali Eskaminzim, a struggling Native American farmer from Oklahoma who doesn't speak much-- but when he does -- look out! Together they help turn the nation's two party system upside down and force some of the largest and most powerful corporations to change the way they do business.

Author Joel Stern

I'm just like millions of others who suffered greatly when the housing and credit markets collapsed. After struggling to save for my first home all of my adult life I finally purchased one in 2005 only to see its value plummet a month later. To make things worse, the right wing media blamed people like us -- the hard working middle class -- for buying homes we couldn't afford. As far as they were concerned the banks and other lenders weren't at fault even though they willfully made loans (and lucrative commissions) to people knowing full well they weren't financially qualified.

I decided to fight back by writing a novel: "Trickle Down - How the 99% Fought Back & Won." It's a black comedy where two highly unlikely people become national heroes by unifying the middle class into a powerhouse movement -- "Enough's Enough" -- that finally levels the economic and political playing field with the richest 1%.

My purpose is to inform, but in an entertaining way.

Who knows, perhaps life will imitate art and our democracy can eventually be recaptured from the greedy few who bought our government.