Occupy Everywhere - Sept 17th - Day of Rage Against Wall Street and what it stands for!

[Peter Lemkin]

Democracy or Plutocracy? A Chart

By Dave Johnson




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[TD]DEMOCRACY[/TD]
[TD]PLUTOCRACY[/TD]
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[TD]We, the People[/TD]
[TD]Wealthy Few[/TD]
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[TD]One Person One Vote[/TD]
[TD]One Dollar One Vote[/TD]
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[TD]Government[/TD]
[TD]Limited Government[/TD]
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[TD]Majority[/TD]
[TD]Supermajority[/TD]
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[TD]Information[/TD]
[TD]Propaganda[/TD]
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[TD]Taxes on the Wealthy[/TD]
[TD]Tax Cuts for the Wealthy[/TD]
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[TD]Budgets[/TD]
[TD]Budget Cuts[/TD]
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[TD]Jobs programs[/TD]
[TD]Bank Bailouts[/TD]
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[TD]Welfare[/TD]
[TD]Warfare[/TD]
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[TD]Express Lanes for 2 or More People[/TD]
[TD]Express Lanes for 2 or More Dollars[/TD]
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[TD]Security Lines at Airports[/TD]
[TD]Special First-Class Security Lanes at Airports[/TD]
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[TD]Public Schools[/TD]
[TD]Private Schools[/TD]
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[TD]Public Investment[/TD]
[TD]Private Investment[/TD]
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Updates:
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[TD]Public Transportation[/TD]
[TD]Private Jets[/TD]
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[TD]Accountability[/TD]
[TD]Impunity[/TD]
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[TD]Rule Of Law[/TD]
[TD]Above The Law[/TD]
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[TD]Transparency[/TD]
[TD]Secrecy[/TD]
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[TD]Sustainable growth[/TD]
[TD]Polluter Growth[/TD]
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[TD]Medicare-For-All[/TD]
[TD]Healthcare For Profit[/TD]
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[TD]Clean Elections[/TD]
[TD]Rigged Elections[/TD]
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[TD]Savings Accounts[/TD]
[TD]Offshore Accounts[/TD]
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[TD]Credit Card Debt[/TD]
[TD]Credit Default Swaps[/TD]
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[TD]Union members[/TD]
[TD]Serfs[/TD]
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[TD]Layoffs[/TD]
[TD]Payoffs[/TD]
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[TD]Homies[/TD]
[TD]Cronies[/TD]
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[TD]Grassroots[/TD]
[TD]Astroturf[/TD]
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[TD]Pensions[/TD]
[TD]401Ks[/TD]
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[TD]Honest Brokers[/TD]
[TD]Self-Interest[/TD]
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[TD]Free Will[/TD]
[TD]At Will[/TD]
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[TD]Citizen[/TD]
[TD]Consumer[/TD]
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[TD]Citizen[/TD]
[TD]Employee[/TD]
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[TD] Participant [/TD]
[TD]Observer[/TD]
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[TD]Actor[/TD]
[TD]Acted On[/TD]
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[TD]Doer[/TD]
[TD]Done To[/TD]
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[TD]Majorities[/TD]
[TD]Markets[/TD]
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[TD]Healthy Communities[/TD]
[TD]Gated Communities[/TD]
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[TD]Bedford Falls[/TD]
[TD]Pottersville[/TD]
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[TD]George Baily[/TD]
[TD]Henry F. Potter[/TD]
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[TD]Savings[/TD]
[TD]Debt[/TD]
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[TD]America the Beautiful[/TD]
[TD]America the Profitable[/TD]
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[TD]Justice[/TD]
[TD]Just Us[/TD]
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[TD]Education[/TD]
[TD]Training[/TD]
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[TD]Studying the arts, literature, history, philosophy, etc.[/TD]
[TD]Mocking people for studying the arts, literature, history, philosophy, etc.[/TD]
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[TD]The Many[/TD]
[TD]The Rich[/TD]
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[TD]People[/TD]
[TD]Cogs[/TD]
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[TD]Humanity[/TD]
[TD]Efficiency[/TD]
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