It should have been obvious from the start that the wealth wouldn't trickle down. We live in a consumer culture. The wealth travels the other way.

I don't see why we don't just, like, "uber tex" them. Take away half (or more) of their money (because most of them don't even use that much) and either use it for government work or stimulus boosts. There's more of us than there is them. In fact, I think the best way to "rebel" would be to attack the (greedy) rich folk, not the government.

The greedy rich folk pay off the government, Skurai.

So why don't we get politicians who AREN'T corrupted? It's it determined by OUR votes?

In fact, why don't we BECOME politicians??

Because you have to have money to get into office and you won't stay there long unless you bend to your corporate masters.

So just kill all the rich people and THEN become politicians.

And how do you propose we kill all of the rich people? They have money, and power. They have the police and SWAT to protect them. Perhaps even the military.

Briefcase nukes? "For the greater good"?

Destroying the Bohemian Grove during an Encampment would probably be a good approach, but it would be difficult/impossible to do it by land. If one could figure out how to do it, that should destroy a very large portion of the elite.

A simple, but long-term method would be getting someone amongst us to actually gain that kind of power/money, while secretly remaining "one of us".

It just doesn't work that way. Once you become one of them, you are no longer one of us.

you could have an evil genius in your mists

Good. We could use one.

But where do we get one?

K_A can fill that pretty well. I'm a pretty damn good orator, so I could be his mouthpiece.

So K_A is the one directing everything, while you do all the oral.
What else do we need?

A shit ton of money to back our endeavors.

*sigh*....
How much?

More than you probably have in your little piggy bank, homobot.

I have $15,000, if that helps... I know it's not anything in reality, but it's a start.