class war, u.s. edition

It's always so galling to me when members of the privileged, corporate class raise the spectre of class war. As the saying goes, "They only call it class war when we fight back."

Here's a picture of the current class war being waged against working people in the US, found here (where it's a little more readable).

I've heard that some folks are working on a Canadian version, which is bound to be less dramatic, but equally imbalanced and unjust.

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