Richard Eskow: ‘We didn’t rescue the economy…we created a recovery for the rich’

It’s been nearly two years since the Occupy Wall Street movement hit the US. Protesters from across the country showed their animosity towards the unpunished…

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25 Responses to Richard Eskow: ‘We didn’t rescue the economy…we created a recovery for the rich’

  1. RT America says:

    It’s been nearly two years since the Occupy Wall Street movement hit the
    US. Protesters from across the country showed their animosity towards the
    unpunished crimes on Wall Street and wanted to highlight the problem of
    wealth inequality in the country. According to a new study, the wealth of
    the top one percent has hit new highs, and proves the OWS movement’s
    message is still very relevant today as it was two years ago. RT’s Sam
    Sacks discusses with Richard Eskow, a senior fellow at the Campaign for
    America’s Future.

  2. c1rcamaster says:

    Greed is what has killed this nation. The shareholders of the Fed are the
    most greedy parasites of them all.

  3. truthcrackers says:

    I have to admit the left comes from a different path but they point out
    sometimes the same problems.

  4. harveybirdmannequin says:

    CAPITALISM WORKS!

  5. truthcrackers says:

    actually the left has a legacy of helping people NOT work.

  6. BooCooDaBreeze says:

    That uncomfortable feeling you have is the boot of totalitarian fascism
    placed firmly on your neck.

  7. araw540 says:

    to anyone that cares and has people who you care for prepare NOW while you
    still can find food,ammo,batteries,medical supply’s survival gear ect and
    prepare for revolution and collapse if you fight or stay out of it it does
    not matter you WILL see action and it will get bloody my only hope
    is….enough of us are ready for this when it comes to help the weak
    through the dark times ahead

  8. YouMockMe says:

    In the TOP 20 richest people in America… 4 of them are Walton family
    (Walmart). Google: “forbes richest people in america 2013”

  9. gboy1441 says:

    one look at the federal reserve balance sheet shows clearly that they
    embezzled, stole, laundered 35 TRILLION from US citizens into their own
    pockets, for doing ZILCH. And laws for the last 40 years, made by
    lobbyists, created a 95% vs 5% wealth gape for 95% of us we share 5% of the
    income and assets lol! okay so our government basically did what sadaam did
    in 2003. He took 2 billion from iraqi banks, hid it in walls, then ran.

  10. noki cat says:

    Round up the Pigs and execute them!

  11. zthg4821 says:

    Excellent, well-spoken guest. Please invite Richard Eskow on again.

  12. NoName NoFame says:

    such a narrow definition of “greed” only has u playing into gov.’s hands,
    that wants more “control” (ie. more corruption/power) self-interest IS
    greed – most of us are empathetic by nature and we do help each other,we
    understand that it’s in our best “self-interest” to do so, AND we are
    “greedy” for a better society. profits made by providing better
    service/goods help society whereas profits by abusing gov. legislation like
    politicians do 4 themselves and their cronies, impoverish society

  13. NoName NoFame says:

    “money put back in the system” simply means giving it to the government we
    have the most profligate government in history spending trillions on wars,
    on paying to spy on american public and destroying civil liberties, on
    putting more and more americans in prison (we are 5% of the world’s
    population yet our prison population is 25% of the world’s prison
    population) giving even MORE money to these criminals in power is MOST
    DEFINITELY not the answer

  14. ABlayneDivided says:

    Well that’s not really what I meant. I should have said the rest of that
    money should be put into a public account and voted on by the public to
    decide how its used. I want government to be reduced to representatives of
    the people that have no power without our consent. That was what it was
    intended to be but somehow the Fed decided to grant itself unlimited
    authority to do whatever its wants and that cannot continue. First and
    foremost tho we need to end resource domination and end corporations

  15. cityguyusa says:

    Top 10% took 50% of income.

  16. Aamir Zaman says:

    Not just America, but most of the world.

  17. Gale Innes says:

    *In my book I wrote in September 2012 (Get FIT) on Financial Education,
    explicity I explain that the entire stock market is being held up
    completely by the bond market, and the Federal Reserve Bank is placing a
    curain up over the market to allow the wealthy to pull their money off the
    table. Also retirees are also withdrawing their 401k & Roth IRAs from the
    market, which of course is leading to constant holes being punched into
    what remains of a collapsing market. So why hasn’t the stock markets
    fallen? Eevery month the Federal Reserve is buying billions of dollars in
    bonds, and every time there is a slight drop, more bonds are bought. So
    essentially we have this Bond Apocalypse just waiting to come crashing
    down. When will it crash down? I’d say by the end of this year when Ben
    Bernanke leaves office, or before he leaves office, and I know that’s not a
    definite answer, but nobody really has a date. All we can tell you is,
    when the Federal Reserve bank starts tappering off their bond buying
    program & begin to raise interest rate, look out, for down goes the whole
    shebang, and the Department of Homeland Security is getting fully ready for
    it all now, I assure you.* Some may think this is fear mongering tactics,
    but I assure it’s not, there are ample reasons why the market will fall,
    but the heart of the issue is greed! While millions of people are being
    swindled out of billions of dollars, corporate CEOs were taking Bailouts
    (tax money), paying themselves huge bonuses & severence packages, and then
    letting their corporations sink to the ground. Naturally when a
    corporation is going down, it can be bought, and of course the same people
    who sunk the ship probably have stakes in another corporation which can
    then of course buy it up. It’s a game we have all seen, where one con man
    puts a bean under 1 of 3 cups, switches the cups around, you place your
    bet, pick a cup, and he tells you sorry, you lose. (A sleigh of hand
    trick) It’s like a broken record, it’s getting old, and people truly need
    to start going to jail, especially the bankers & corporate CEOs who are
    trashing publicly traded corporations! Also, because tax dollars (bailout
    money) was handed out, making it all the more reason why they shouldn’t
    have been allowed to get away with these, “Help me I”m fallen & I can’t get
    up” bank cons, and the CEO’s fox con, where they pay themselves while they
    pen away a company into bankruptcy.

  18. Brit Stormy says:

    It wasn’t an “argument”; it was a fact that YOU, & others, are distracted
    by petty things, & always looking to argue, instead of focusing on changing
    something, as your comment clearly proves. I play games, watch funny
    videos, etc. too; but I know that politics is priority above those other
    things, because it affects our life the most. You identify as a “gamer” &
    “porn watcher”, but not an astute citizen. Good for you. You know what you
    should be pissed at? ALL the OTHER shit that’s mentioned.

  19. sean baker says:

    putin should also strip the oligarchs of their wealth and status and send
    them to siberia

  20. Brit Stormy says:

    Political laziness is just a side effect of a life, prioritized to petty
    entertainment, & self-gratification, as distractions from reality. It’s
    correlation, NOT causation; politicians play video games, view porn, TV,
    etc. too, dummy. My point still is, how can anyone revolt when morons argue
    about nonsense, like entertainment, instead of staying focused? Most people
    are distracted by dumb stuff, busy making ends meet, or just idiots, but
    corruption is easy to spot for those who actually focus.

  21. Disasterjunkie4ever says:

    Americans today have forgotten the power of the people and the power of the
    Vietnam generation.

  22. random69ism says:

    Call it what it is…When there is this kind of wealth concentration at the
    top its because the top 1% is ripping off everyone else.

  23. Brit Stormy says:

    Again… more senseless, uneducated ranting; plus, the way you phrase
    yourself, & grammar, causes brain cancer. Bye, stupid. I let you get back
    to your meaningless life >.<

  24. Brit Stormy says:

    You don’t know what “rant” is, because you don’t really understand how
    language & expressions are communicated, mate. I should have realized that
    after the first mentally deranged answer. Cry more.

  25. SniperTech07 says:

    Oh, did I made you cry, poor little baby crapped his pants!

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