O'reilly Response

Since the beginning of time America has been controlled by the top tier of its citizens. Rules and regulations have been set to protect the top tier from taxes and other laws; it’s safe to say they live in another world within the world. Republicans with high political power try to disregard economic issues surrounding the lower class by blaming it on social issues with the intent to avoid the transformation of America. It’s no secret this country has a problem with honesty, responsibility and owning up to its actions, the middle class is suffering more than ever in 2013 due to the market crash, loss of jobs, bank bailouts etc. all those things solely affect the poor and middle class directly with an increase in taxes; but why are the people who make and own the least expected to save the cash cows of America? Especially since 9% of them are substance abusers. Rich pay the least and 1 out of 4 giant corporations pay nearly nothing in taxes every year, on top of that they pay slave wages to their employees. Anyone with a brain knows economic and social issues go hand in hand. Bill O’reilly argued 15% of the population fall below the poverty line, and 9% of them are substance abusers, whether that’s true or not one must evaluate the living situation of those people. No jobs equal no money, & no money equal increase in crime, which is fairly surrounded by substances and substance abusers. America’s favorite cover-up is trying to make it seem as if they do things for the well-being of the country, but what about the people of the country? Asking for “living” wages isn’t an outrageous request, especially since some of these companies are known for making millions and for some billions of dollars per year. Charging a higher tax rate to the people of the top tier is a debate that has been going on for years but no change has yet to come. Drugs are coping mechanisms and true indeed poor choices, but people with political power are the biggest and most addicted substance abusers, passing selfish laws that only benefit the people of their community, finding and creating loopholes within the judicial system to exclude themselves from prosecution. When Cornell West made the statement about investigating the bankers on Wall Street O’reilly immediately jumped back to a legal standpoint and claimed there was no evidence of illegal activity, knowing there could never be any evidence without an investigation, yet there are thousands of people protesting against what he claim is right; and those same people are being arrested for speaking up for what’s being done right in front of their eyes. Corporate America is driving this ship and they should be to ones responsible for keeping it afloat