Side A: (45 min) Mbanna K, & Michael Townsend on HLR, #2,825 "Crossroads"- Discussion of democracy & power. If wealth in U.S., $36 trillion, was spread equitably in a democratic fashion, each household would have $330,000. But top 1% has majority of 36 trillion, bottom 50% of households has 4 % of U.S. wealth, wealth equals power in U.S. society. Elections convince powerless that they have equal power. Wealthy control who runs for office, 23,00 trade associations in Washington D.C.; 61,000 lawyers in Washington D.C, 3,000 registered lobbyists in Springfield; 91,000 lobbyists in Washington D.C. Elections legitimize injustice & inequality. Side B: (40 min) "Welfare Reform"- Middle class squeezed by upper class-city workers, nurses just as poor have already done. Destroying housing for the poor.