How Can Those Of Us Who Are

Charity Depends On The Vicissitudes Of Whim And Personal Wealth; Justice Depends On Commitment Instead Of Circumstance. Faith-based Charity Provides Crumbs From The Table; Faith-based Justice Offers A Place At The Table.

Lyndon Johnson Believed The Poor Deserved A Better Life Than The Economy Was Providing Them. He Thought Private Power And Greed Had To Be Checked By A Vibrant Democracy.

In America, One Of Our Two Major Parties Is Dominated By Extremists Dedicated To Destroying The Social Contract, And The Other Party Has Been So Enfeebled By Two Decades Of Collaboration With The Donor Class It Can Offer Only Feeble Resistance To The Forces That Are Devastating Everyday People.

The Corporate Right And The Political Right Declared Class Warfare On Working People A Quarter Of A Century Ago And They've Won. Take The Paradox Of Rush Limbaugh, Ensconced In A Palm Beach Mansion Massaging The Resentments Across The Country Of White-knuckled Wage Earners, Who Are Barely Making Ends Meet In No Small Part Because Of The Corporate And Ideological Forces For Whom Rush Has Been A Hero.

Capitalism Is Out Of Control, Thanks In No Small Part To Citizens United, The Supreme Court Decision Which Said That A Corporation Is A Person, Even Though It Doesn't Eat, Drink, Make Love, Sing, Raise Children Or Take Care Of Aging Parents. You Can't Have A People's Democracy As Long As Corporations Are Considered People.