As illustrated in our movie "Heist," the far right, on behalf of the very rich, has been waging a war on the middle class for over thirty years. Class war is described as the tension or antagonism which exists in society due to competing socioeconomic interests between people of different classes. Throughout history class war has always been waged from the bottom up, working people versus the elite, moneyed class. We are witnessing an astonishing twist of this in the headlines today. Through co-opting Congress and the media, big money’s message machine has inexplicably managed to turn the tables and perpetuate class war from the top down—the super rich waging it on working people! Incredibly, they are crying “class war” and unfairness in response to President Obama’s proposed “Buffett tax” that will levy a tax on those individuals making 1 million or more per year. This is a political tactic by the far right to rally their greedy, trickle down obsessed and ideologically driven base.
Donald Goldmacher
Producer/Director, "Heist: Who Stole the American Dream"
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