Johann Hari recounts the inspiring story of UK Uncut, a group dedicated to getting corporations and the rich in the UK to pay their taxes. Here's the seemingly-hypothetical-but-SURPRISE-actually-true story:
Imagine a parallel universe where the Great Crash of 2008 was followed by a Tea Party of a very different kind. Enraged citizens gather in every city, week after week—to demand the government finally regulate the behavior of corporations and the superrich, and force them to start paying taxes. The protesters shut down the shops and offices of the companies that have most aggressively ripped off the country. The swelling movement is made up of everyone from teenagers to pensioners. They surround branches of the banks that caused this crash and force them to close, with banners saying, You Caused This Crisis. Now YOU Pay.
As people see their fellow citizens acting in self-defense, these tax-the-rich protests spread to even the most conservative parts of the country. It becomes the most-discussed subject on Twitter. Even right-wing media outlets, sensing a startling effect on the public mood, begin to praise the uprising, and dig up damning facts on the tax dodgers.
Hari goes on to ask:
Can this model be transferred to the United States?
To which I reply:
No.
Prove me wrong, America!
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I agree with your reply: No. I think too many Americans are still too comfortable (or think they are) especially when there is a Dem in the WH.
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Actually, there is an underbelly of the organization:
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2010/12/more-than-mutual-i-should-say.html
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For what it’s worth, I’m an Australian fan of Don McLean. The song ‘Orphans of wealth”, first published in 1970 on his debut album ‘Tapestry’ ends with:
And a child is crying, he’s hungry and cold, his life has been sold, his young face looks old, it’s the face of America dying.
Wisconsin and Ohio may be the first signs of an uprising that will see your country reborn. I surely hope so for the sake of your middle class.
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