And i imagine being a cop in Bolivia isn't the safest job in the world either.

I doubt being a civilian is much safer,As for the police...They took the job they knew the pay when they took it, They are no better than the criminals they are supposed to be protecting the public from, If they want more money there are civilized methods of bargaining for it, Burning buildings and destroying Government Property which is actually the peoples property is not one of them.

I agree with you on the corruptness part, and not vandalizing tax payer buildings.

I'm talking about the message in general, the whole world is under the deadlock of greedy politicians and big business. People think they can just take more and more and keep living like kings. And it's a detriment to our society.

Think of it this way, if governments spent less money on their leaders in these 3rd world crap-holes, and more money promoting a stable middle-class, there wouldn't be as big of an issue as there is right now.

I'd like to agree/disagree with all of you.

Greedy politicians are a problem, but they are simply the tools of greedy plutocrats, who are consolidating their worldwide empire as I write this. Get rid of one greedy politician, another will take his place: meet the new boss, same as the old boss. So long as people view money as the goal, those with money as heroes instead of successful thieves, and all the problems of the world as someone else's doing, this cycle will continue.

It probably sucks to be an average citizen in Bolivia, just as it does in most of the world, and as it will someday come to be in the US and other civilized countires. The lines have been drawn between the haves and the have-nots, and guess what? The haves have all the guns, control all the infrastructure and media, and can basically decide in their boardrooms the limits of the lives the rest of us will be allowed to live. If you're 'lucky' they'll rent you some space in the virtual world, but they now own the real one. The rampant overpopulation of the planet has played into their hands in this process, but the cull is coming.

For anyone who thinks we are immune here in the US, if you're old enough to remember a time before Reagan (and I'm using his Presidency to establish a timeline here, not to smear him, although I wasn't a supporter), it's all been downhill for the American worker and the middle class since that time, and with that drop in prosperity has come a wave of social erosion which is now reaching a peak. If any of you think that our current economic trends can lead anywhere except the establishment of a new feudalism, it's time to put down the pipe. Orwell may have gotten the year wrong, but not much else.

For anyone who thinks we are immune here in the US, if you're old enough to remember a time before Reagan (and I'm using his Presidency to establish a timeline here, not to smear him, although I wasn't a supporter), it's all been downhill for the American worker and the middle class since that time, and with that drop in prosperity has come a wave of social erosion which is now reaching a peak. If any of you think that our current economic trends can lead anywhere except the establishment of a new feudalism, it's time to put down the pipe. Orwell may have gotten the year wrong, but not much else.

I remember before Reagan, Carter,Ford,Nixon,Johnson,Kennedy and Eisenhower, If you work hard you can make a better life for yourself, All this crying about how life is unfair and that everyone is holding you down is bull, You want more out of life then it is up to you to work for it, Your government does not owe you anything and most certainly no corporations or businesses owe you anything, If you do not like the wages and benefits you are working for then go somewhere else or even start your own business, People come here from all over the world and succeed and yet those who were born and raised here just can not seem to off their butts and make something of their lives.

They are unionizing. Solidarity!

Lost (no argument there),

You speak in half-truths, just like all the great liars. People do come here from all over the world, but the vast majority of them do not 'succeed', as you suggest, but simply become cogs in the machine.

As to the deified positions you ascribe both the government and corporations, I beg to differ. Fordecades (hell, over a century now at least) bureaucrats have systematically looted the public assets to render up the wealth held in trust for the benefit off corporate interests. They have also granted these parties numerous tax breaks and incentives, and have gutted protective legislation so that corporations can boost their profit margins at the expense of workers, so when you opine "your government does not owe you anything and most certainly no corporations or businesses owe you anything...", you're being disingenuous to the point of lunacy, and if you're even implying that the dynamic of working your way out of poverty is not much more difficult now that it was in the period you describe, then you're a liar.

It seems we have another "know-it-all" that calls people names and degrades them for not having the same opinion as they do. Your arrogance disgusts me.

...", you're being disingenuous to the point of lunacy, and if you're even implying that the dynamic of working your way out of poverty is not much more difficult now that it was in the period you describe, then you're a liar.

LOL David Wellman...Just another loser who thinks the world owes you a living, You call me a liar yet I am not the one complaining that the world is against me, Oh poor me, who will take care of me, My government is giving all those big businesses tax breaks, They are stealing all of my money, More bull, If you are in poverty then how do you have any money to steal, What you mean is that the government is not taxing those businesses enough so to give you more money.

But wait. Its a Socialist country. This should not be happenning.

I can understand these people are upset, but I do not agree with anarchy! These are the people who are supposed to protect and serve the people, but too often are used by politicians and governments, for their own ends. The politicians and corporations squeeze all they can out of workers in these countries and do not want to give anything back, not livable wages and/or benefits.

We are seeing this here as well, with greedy corrupt politicians wanting to deny workers the right to collective bargaining; they want to blame their mistakes in budgeting and spending on the evil unions. Just like the corporations who laid off all the union workers they could and shipped jobs off to third world countries (with no workers rights at all). Then they turn around and raise prices and give their execs and CEOs billions in salaries and bonuses...... and we here accept that? If we the people, do not demand rights, we will have none.

Ahhh yes, America doesnt help us they give the big businesses tax break blah blah blah, they also give a ton of money to the lazy, junkies, & prisoners. My wonderful state (NY the welfare state). Fact: rent for a 1 bedroom is $1000/month no utilities included. A single person must make $21.03/hr to survive with just the basics ( heat, water, electric, food, clothes, rent.) the average job here pays $11.47/hr. school superintendant makes 167,000 a year, teacher average salaray is 60,000/yr, police avg salary $42,000. last job I worked at paid me $13/hr and that is good money according to wages around here. ( small business it was 20 employees) the president made over $150,000 he worked on the floor with us usually. the business spent $600,000 in one week before taxes came up so they didn't have to pay. give it to the workers? hell no!! spend it on usueless garbage? you bet.

it's out of control there will be major riots in this country unless they realize something has to give. I HAVE TO CHOOSE WHETHER I WANT HEAT OR FOOD every month? B.S.

If it takes $21.03 an hour just to survive then all your cops are on food stamps because $21.03 comes to $43,742.40. and if that's only the average then you have some cops in real financial trouble.

Curious that the Stalinist types governments in Latin America who belong to the ALBA alliance around Chavez and his thugs of police state mafia types are some of the most violent and repressive countries in the world., Bolivia,Ecuador,Venezuela,Cuba,and a sympathizer of Chavez in Argentina.Even the police become criminals.And instead of defending the population become huge problems in themselves.Evo Morales,the friend of Chavez,and the friend of the terrorist state of Iran Read about Iran´s involvement in Bolivia.They invited the minister of defense of Iran to speak, even though he has an immediate arrest and detain order from Interpol for his part in the two massive bombings in Buenas Aires. He had to be hustled out of the country before Interpol could move in. Bolivia said they didn´t know..hahah. Morales and his band of Stalinist Iranian supporters are a danger for Latin America and the whole world!

socioeconomic slavery is already here -- it's other name is CORPORATIONS!!

socioeconomic slavery is already here -- it's other name is CORPORATIONS!!

Only to those without the ambition or drive to make something out of their lives, There is plenty of opportunity in this country, It is not the governments responsibility or any corporation or businesses responsibility to provide you with a job it is yours!

Boy lostinthepines you sure live in a fantasy world. There are a lot, a very hugh number, of well educated hard working men and women that are willing to do whatever it takes and yet there just isn't jobs there for them. Now if your suggesting that a 40 year old with a masters or PHd start flipping burgers and work their way up to manager and save their money for the next 20 years so they can buy a franchise and then pay their employees minimum wage so that they can get real fat. Then Sir you are correct.

Depends on your rank, E6's make around 36K plus housing and food allowances, free medical and dental and one helluva retirement plan. 03's are pushing a hundred grand. Better check the 2012 pay charts. The military after a few years has quite an attractive salary.

Very good call. I agree with your theory.

That's not the building they work from. Only a couple of investigators. So what?

Pay attention now as we will soon have similar instances here.