Class warfare alive and well in modern world

Wealthy American Warren Buffet says, “There's class warfare, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war and we're winning.”

Anyone with a brain would have to agree.

Thanks to the Supreme Court's infamous Citizens United decision giving non-human corporate entities First Amendment rights (the part about free speech), it is only going to get worse. Hypocrisy, innuendo, non sequitur and out-and-out lies run rampant in the present political climate.

Both major parties have been complicit over the last 30 years or so in this corruptive erosion of our representative government.

So-called “conservatives” must find a way to check and balance the almost absolute power of these worldwide monopolistic cartels to do what they please. So-called “liberals” must institute sensible regulatory laws that reward innovation and quality yet do not stifle commerce.

“We, the People” should demand a constitutional amendment that should embody at least three things:

1. A time limit for campaigning (3 months?), with campaign ads limited to solutions, not character assassination.

2. Term limits.

3. A progressive withholding on earnings for public financing of campaigns. (Maybe people of modest means could run for office.)

If we don't put aside our differences, and find solutions to our financial/social dilemmas, we are headed for what I call a feudalistic oligarchy - a nation (maybe a world) of a few wealthy individuals and the rest fighting for the crumbs under the table.

Ken Gould

Tipton