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Actual political differences are slight. Not a bad design, I suppose. Far better to have the Yonivores and boutons and Cobra Commanders yelling at each other about nonsense than to have a whiff of a clue.
Yes. Over time corporate usages and prerogatives overtake individuals, their political system and society at large. We're the effing proof.
Actual political differences are slight. Not a bad design, I suppose. Far better to have the Yonivores and boutons and Cobra Commanders yelling at each other about nonsense than to have a whiff of a clue.
The process stated in earnest about 100 years ago. Back then, the government busted the trusts. Today energy -- to take just one example from a more general trend -- is consolidating.
Our system used to be a little more willing to kick money in the nuts when it got out of hand. Now, not so much. (My granny would probably say they we lack the gumption.)
(She's probably right.)
this sounds like a desperate neo-con who knows whats coming this fall.
Whats with the hate for Rahm?
ing antisemites.
It has nothing to do with his race or religion, but statements like "never let a serious crisis go to waste," and his politics in general.
Determined Not to Make News, Emanuel Speaks of ‘Era of Reform’
President-elect Barack Obama’s new chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, spoke of the Era of Reform, offering few details but working to shape the narrative of the next administration.
He said the current economic crisis offers opportunities for change that wouldn’t have otherwise been possible. “Never let a serious crisis go to waste,” he said.
They're not trying to terminate unemployment benefits. They're trying to force the dems to pay for them instead of just adding it to the deficit and pass it as a stand alone. Could backfire but I think it's reasonable to bet that people will blame the party in power for their woes instead of the essentially powerless minority party. I think dems will cave and the repubs will win this one just like they did the doc fix.
"They're trying to force the dems to pay for them"
You Lie
How about forcing Repugs to maintain the safety net in their unregulated Banksters' Great Depression by returing $1.3T of Repug tax cuts for the wealth and corps?
or by forcing fund managers to pay taxes on their fee income as regular income instead of investment income?
or by cutting 100s of $Bs of waste from the defense budget or stopping to useless, Repug-started/botched wars?
Destroying the safety net while enriching the super wealthy and corps has been conservative/Repug strategy for 35 years.
Whining about (Repug-based) deficits now that the Dems are in power is part of the Repug bad-faith, totally dishonest strategy.
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