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I know that your talk radio guys tell you that Pelosi and Reid are the devil and need to be destroyed, but they are actually small fry in this situation.
If you need to only go after dems because that what your ideology tell you to do, pick Dodd. He's a guy who should be serving jail time.
No, I didn't mention them, because Frank, Pelosi, and Reid were not in Clinton's cabinet.
I generally think of them as secondary players in the economic policy mistakes of 1980 - 2008. These ultra-liberal Democrats are like children when it comes to economic policy in the first place; they need adult supervision when it comes to money.
The Republicans were supposed to be the adults in the room, and that's what the real problem was; they were who was calling most of these shots over the years.
I'm tired of this malaise. If the middleclass doesn't work they don't buy. If they don't buy there's no work. Without a vibrant middleclass we're stuck in this malaise until it eventually hits the rich or large numbers of the poor can't get their basic needs met.
Right now no one is being totally honest on either side and seem more interested in themselves than their constituients.
I know that your talk radio guys tell you that Pelosi and Reid are the devil and need to be destroyed, but they are actually small fry in this situation.
If you need to only go after dems because that what your ideology tell you to do, pick Dodd. He's a guy who should be serving jail time.
Who do you think gives Dodd his marching orders.
The most corrupt must really go to Schumer. Chucky boy is right at the top of pay to play politics. Satan incarnate....He would have been Judas in the days of Christ...
We gave up the very thing that made us so wealthy in the first place, the manufacturing industry. Absolutely nothing can replace the manufacturing industry for wealth creation.
1. Europe's industrial base was destroyed during WWII. Hence, why America's manufacturing dominated the world coming out of WWII.
2. We never practiced laissez-faire during the Reagan or Bush years. We are far from a free market economy. In fact, corporations derive much of their power from the state and tend to fear competition.
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Corporate power depends crucially on government intervention in the marketplace.[2] This is obvious enough in the case of the more overt forms of government favoritism such as subsidies, bailouts,[3] and other forms of corporate welfare; protectionist tariffs; explicit grants of monopoly privilege; and the seizing of private property for corporate use via eminent domain
Here is the Sad Legacy of Ronald Reagan. He tripled our debt, exploded the Twin Deficits (as did Bush) which leads to the deindustrialization of America. He passed the largest peacetime tax in history. Increased the federal payroll by 230,000 people. Was the most protectionist President since Hoover. The Free Market: The Sad Legacy of Ronald Reagan
Nice thread. I agree with most of the OPs arguments.
However, I agree with others that the increased competition of the last few decades has been changing the game.
Most specifically, I believe we need to raise taxes modestly, and keep the government about the size that it is, except gradually draw down the troops. If we slash government to retain unsustainably low taxes, I think it will just have terrible effects on unemployment, home prices, support industries, and the economy as a whole. What we really need is innovation, and perhaps some strategic investments to get the ball rolling again.
Capitalism doesn't exist in the USA. It's nothing more than a fairy tale.
Fascism is very much alive and well. Corporations run this country. Virtually every industry is controlled by monopolies. To make matters worse, many of these corporations are becoming trans-national in nature.
They hold no allegiance to the US. They could care less about the future of this country.
The assault on small business is very real and as time passes, the cards are stacked more and more against us. Yet, the Regressive Party propaganda continues to win them over. It's a zero sum game. Only a very select few actually benefit, while the majority gets screwed.
This globalist cabal must be stopped, but I fear it is too late. They've gained too much power and control, esp. in the political system. We have the most corrupt political establishment in the world. Your vote means nothing.
This globalist status quo has to be changed, or we'll continue to spiral downward. The only thing that will change the status quo is a violent revolution. It's only a matter of time. A correction is in order.
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