Consolidating wealth in 2% of pockets is not class warfare.

Monopolizing water and fuel resources is not class warfare.

Transferring wealth from the lower 98% to the financial class is not class warfare.

Giving bonuses to the top 2% and stripping 3 million jobs from the lower 98% is not class warfare.

Transferring wealth from the lower 98% to the insurance industry  is not class warfare.

Wealthy people living above  the water line while the lower 98% drown or are displaced in New Orleans is not class warfare.

Investors buying the properties cheap and manipulating zoning laws is not class warfare.

Toxic and/or crumbling schools in rural and urban areas is not class warfare.

Old books and empty libraries in rural and urban schools is not class warfare.

Increased costs of  State colleges and restricted enrollment is not class warfare.

Under-educated  kids enlisting  in the military while others go to college isn’t class warfare.

The elderly losing their pensions while ratings agencies skate free is not class warfare.

CEOs and Congresspeople sporting excellent health insurance while workers are bankrupted for its lack is not class warfare.

Congress fiddling  in endless hearings while workers are foreclosed is not class warfare.

Food shortages are  not class warfare.

Contamination of cheap protein sources (peanut butter) is not class warfare.

Tax codes that reward Buffett and add $12.00 a week to workers’ pockets is not class warfare.

Paying outlandish bonuses to failed CEOs while the UAW is asked to make further concessions is not class warfare.

Putting drug addicts in prison as Halliburton changes its name and gets new government contracts is not class warfare.

Giving taxpayer money to financiers who squeeze taxpayers for increased bank fees is not class warfare.

Secretaries paying taxes at a higher rate than their corporate bosses is not class warfare.

Wealth-based and regional access  to broadband internet is not class warfare.

Class warfare is  when a pattern of unequal access to wealth and power emerges and we have the chutzpah to complain about it.

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