Interbane wrote:Give me your solution to the current Right wing policy where each and every single one of them vote unanimously for deregulation and cutting taxes.
OK, that's a question that deserves an answer -
Stop being reasonable,
put your fingers in your ears,
shout NO, NO, NO
Obama had to pull in all his favors just to pass health care. Perhaps it was a mistake, and he should have used those favors to fight for increased regulation and taxation on the rich. On the other hand, health care reform will save a lot of federal money, and is the first large step to keeping our country from bankruptcy.
Something like health care insurance can't cost any money... while paying for the opportunity to bomb the stuffing out of people far away from us is something Obama and the Democrats are just fine with - as long as it's not a "stupid war." The whole saving money side-issue is an apology that the Democrats would never consider was needed to go invade some country. He "pull[ed] in all his favors just to pass health care"
that funnels in its applicants to corporations. Obama didn't even involve himself in the process in any meaningful way until the only option remaining was further corporate control. I suppose this can be tossed off as being
another mistake but I think he's sharper than that. The difference between the two parties is not what they're going to do but when they're going to do it and how upfront they'll be about it.
Additionally, policy drift is worse than it has ever been with the supermajority requirement of 60 votes. Meaning even a minority of Republicans can stop a good bill in it's tracks.
Yes, because unlike Democrats Republicans are not held accountable to the people who vote them into office. Once again, here is a form of the
oh we're so helpless, if only it wasn't for those mean ol' Republicans we'd be doing great things chant that's become so popular. It's more that the Democrat party[sic] is a closet Republican outfit than that they're even weak-willed champions of progressive ideals who found themselves shackled by a minority of politicians who operated outside the public will. It's that they don't fight. My speculation is that the primary reason for this is that they don't believe "change" is really a good thing.
As Rahm Emmanuel puts it, money is the number one most important factor in a campaign. Without appealing to corporate interests, the Democrats had no chance.
And yet Obama raised a huge amount of cash from individuals. Anyway, Rahm Emmanuel illustrates why it's so nice to be a human being - the ability to rationalize everything one does. If corporations are really the problem than when you have a majority in congress change the rules so that corporations can contribute no money to politicians. Oh, you need 60 v0tes? Well how did that come into effect with the Democrats opposing it every step of the way? The party of excuses.
Deregulation, eliminating minimum wage, doing away with labor unions, and undoing progressive income tax? Yes, I am criticizing them whole-heartedly, because these stances are ruining our country. These things are the largest problem in our country currently. Fueling this problem is the fact that most Americans can't see just how terrible these stances are. I'd be happy to discuss them all if you wish. This seems to be our core disagreement.
Have you told the Democrats that these are bad things? My view is that the democrats function as a safety-relief valve for the system that kicks in when the Republicans go absolutely crazy. So for being less crazy than the Republicans - fine, hooray. Still, it's the system that the Democrats defend every bit as much as do the Republicans that I see as being the problem. They're all socialists, fascists, corporatists and every other rotten label... George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, and the like are not exceptions to the system but merely focal points.
Our guy is less crazy than Sarah Palin, vote for him.
NO, NO, NO. I'd rather take my medicine now.
