Out With 2014, In With 2015, And Up With People

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We’ve made progress this year — raising the minimum wage in dozens of states and cities, providing equal marriage rights in a majority of states, limiting carbon emissions. But there’s far more to do. 

The economy looks like it’s improving but most Americans are still stuck in recession, and almost all the economic gains are still going to the top. The only way we can have an economy that works for the many, not the few, is to get big money out of politics — so the rules of the economic game aren’t biased in favor of big corporations, Wall Street, and the rich. And to get more people fighting for equal opportunity and shared prosperity.  

But many Americans have become so cynical about politics they no longer even bother to vote. Turnout in the 2014 midterm elections was the lowest in decades. This is exactly what the moneyed interests want. If we give up on politics we give up on democracy, and they can take over all of it. 

Never underestimate what we can, and will, accomplish together. Organizing. Mobilizing. Energizing. Making a ruckus.

Here’s to you and yours for a great 2015.  

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Moon Kil Woong 10 years ago Contributor's comment

Even more critical is getting the socialism out of our capitalism. Sadly, the big money players in our market like socialism that does out free and easy money to them oblivious to the fact that eventually it will threaten their very existence. The winners in socialism is those who mint money not goods or services and not those who have money but who get newly minted money. The effects of such a system are becoming apparent in the US economy already. The losers are naturally 99.9% of the rest of us.