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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3076714" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>chris hedges gets interviewed in this one. i think chris hedges is my favorite, followed by richard wolffs never ending bashing of capitalisms poor outcomes.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/economic-update-september-15-2017/" target="_blank">Economic Update with Guest Chris Hedges | KPFA</a></p><p></p><p>at some point chris hedges mentions how 95% of all court cases never go to trial, they just end up in plea bargains. you can best believe 95% of people who accept plea bargains are not guilty. so why no trials?</p><p></p><p>my explanation is that the rich have most of the money and dont want to pay taxes. everyone else doesnt really have much money, and dont want to pay taxes. the government depends on both to get elected in your rigged corporate democracy". </p><p></p><p>so what happens is the government borrows (from the rich, which they make money off of), and cuts programs which is called austerity, or whatever that orwellian american term for it was. so essentially your justice system has been severely cut over time. what would be interesting is what percentage ended up in trials in the past.</p><p></p><p>i wouldnt be suprised if its at all time lows since the great depression. even though you have record wealth creation in america, the economy distributes it so unevenly that im guessing things are real bad in terms of trials.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3076714, member: 56035"] chris hedges gets interviewed in this one. i think chris hedges is my favorite, followed by richard wolffs never ending bashing of capitalisms poor outcomes. [URL="https://kpfa.org/episode/economic-update-september-15-2017/"]Economic Update with Guest Chris Hedges | KPFA[/URL] at some point chris hedges mentions how 95% of all court cases never go to trial, they just end up in plea bargains. you can best believe 95% of people who accept plea bargains are not guilty. so why no trials? my explanation is that the rich have most of the money and dont want to pay taxes. everyone else doesnt really have much money, and dont want to pay taxes. the government depends on both to get elected in your rigged corporate democracy". so what happens is the government borrows (from the rich, which they make money off of), and cuts programs which is called austerity, or whatever that orwellian american term for it was. so essentially your justice system has been severely cut over time. what would be interesting is what percentage ended up in trials in the past. i wouldnt be suprised if its at all time lows since the great depression. even though you have record wealth creation in america, the economy distributes it so unevenly that im guessing things are real bad in terms of trials. [/QUOTE]
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