Friday, March 12, 2010

Our House of Lords | ChangingAging.org

by Dr. Bill Thomas

The United States Senate, filled with millionaires and trust fund babies, has less and less in common with a people’s deliberative legislature.

My problem with this is that our “House of Lords” will gladly approve a measure sending 13 billion dollars to the wealthiest in the form tax cuts or to the most powerful in the form of defense contracts.

People living on a fixed income? Whoa. That’s a whole different kettle of fish.

It reminds me of the Merle Travis song…

You load sixteen tons
Whadda ya get
another day older
and deeper in debt

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