This dream model of the working class owning the corporations is not accurate... 82% of the stock market is owned by the upper 5%... The working class has been marginalized in that with the cost of living and stagnant wages it is now borrowing heavily just to make ends meet... The savings rate in the country is the lowest since 1927...

This is the reality and this is why we are seeing a populist movement accross the country... The Dems can't stop it... They can join it but they won't stop it... And if they think angry working class will automatically vote for them, they need to rethink their position... The country has never been riper for a third party populist movement in my life time... If the Dems don't get their collective heads outta the corportiats posteriors they will be the party that will be back in the minority... Yeah, they might fool the people in '08, maybe not, but their days are numbered if they don't stop playing stupid politics and stand up for the working class...

And, yes, this is "demanding" something from the governemnt... It's demanding that the playing field be leveled...

And this ain't just one ol' hillbilly's opinion... I live in Republican territory and I'm hearing the same thing from the folks around here... Yeah, thay might not *like* the Dems too much but they are furious with the Repubs...

Bobert