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What are they really after? Connect these 7 dots.
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#1, they're against extending unemployment benefits to people
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who have been out of work for more than 6 months,
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even though there're still only 1 job for every 3 unemployed.
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#2, they don't want to raise the minimum wage
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even though today's Federal minimum is 25 percent below what it was in 1968,
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adjusted for inflation.
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#3, they're against extending Medicaid benefits to millions of low-wage workers.
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#4, they want to cut food stamps.
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#5, they refuse to invest in education or job training.
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#6, they don't want to rebuild America's crumbling infrastructure
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or add any other jobs program.
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And #7, they're out to bust unions.
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You see pattern here, it's waging a war against the poor and working class,
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in order to keep people down. Because when you're unemployed,
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without any support, without any bargaining power, and you have to feed your family.
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You're desperate.
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And when you're desperate, you'll take whatever they're willing to pay you
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even if it's next to nothing.
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And you won't dare make a fuss.
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You won't complain about the unsafe work conditions,
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or toxic chemicals leaking out of the storage tanks, or anything else.
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You won't run the risk of trying to form a union. You won't get involved in politics.
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You won't make a ruckus or rock the boat in any way.
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You'll take whatever they choose to give you, because you are sinking.
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Make no mistake, this war against the poor and working class is designed to make sure
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Americans who've been losing ground for 30 years
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don't dare do anything about it.
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Without extended unemployment benefits, a declining real minimum wage,
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no Medicaid, no food stamps, no education, job training or jobs program, and no union.
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You'll do exactly as they tell you and that's fine with them.
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But it's bad for America.
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As a first step to stop this war on the poor and working class,
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call your senator and demand the senate-passed extended emergency unemployment benefits.
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As a second step, watch "Inequality for All" and get the big picture.