--- In [email protected], Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> wrote: > > A 21st century slave society.... > My last two years in corporate america were spent repeating to myself that I > was a "slave", which wasn't far from the truth.... >
Michael Tomasky in the Daily Beast tells Why the GOP Loves the Debt: "They scream about 'crisis' because what they desire is to use the 'crisis' as an excuse to do things to this country that the hard right has wanted to do for 30 years." The GOP House speaker in Minnesota is quoted in the Star-Tribune today inveighing against saddling future generations with debt. I don't know the man, so I'll allow for the possibility that he's sincere. But at the highest levels, the Republican Party cares nothing about the public debt. In fact, it wants more. Americans must understand this. It is the party of debt. It is the party of deficits. It is the party of recession. It is the party of unemployment. It is the party of inequality. And it is the party of middle-class stagnation and slippage. It is the party of all these things because it needs these conditions to existso that its leaders can scream "Crisis!" But they don't desire in any meaningful way to fix the crisis. They scream about crisis because what they desire is to use the crisis as an excuse to do things to this country that the hard right has wanted to do for 30 years. We see it all over the place. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Ohio Governor John Kasich could have behaved more like other governors around the country who've won labor concessions, like New York Democrat Andrew Cuomo. But they sought to go much farther with their "emergency" bills. Why? Well, as long as there's an economic emergency, they can just repeat "Crisis! Crisis! Crisis!" and a certain percentage of the public and the gullible and hopeful media, which refuses to believe that governmental leaders can possibly be as deceitful as these people are, will buy it. Read the whole thing here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/01/the-gop-party-of-debt-and-deficits.html > --- On Sat, 7/2/11, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > From: Bhairitu <noozguru@...> > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Republicans protect Millionaires - Minnesota > government shuts down > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011, 10:00 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > The Republicans are doing this to buy the country for pennies on the > > dollar. They are materialists who focus only on wealth. They want to > > regain their ancestral legacy of being feudal landlords. They've been > > trying to do this ever since the US was founded. And I won't be an > > obedient serf (and no one else should either). > > > > On 07/02/2011 09:35 AM, Denise Evans wrote: > > > The link below has some interesting info on the influence of the Koch > > brothers in taking down the government, etc. > > > What I don't understand is...what is the end game of the Republican > > philosophy...if the working class go down, so does the country...we already > > are going down...what is the purpose...what is the gain? The U.S. > > definitely won't be able to retain the facade of "most powerful country." > > > Activism is the answer - I see civil war in this country in the future, if > > the Republican's get their way. > > > www.bravenewfoundation.org > > > > > > > > > --- On Fri, 7/1/11, Bhairitu<noozguru@...> wrote: > > > > > > From: Bhairitu<noozguru@...> > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Republicans protect Millionaires - > > Minnesota government shuts down > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Friday, July 1, 2011, 7:45 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 07/01/2011 06:21 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > >> --- In [email protected], "John"<jr_esq@> wrote: > > >>> The Republicans are becoming more aggressive in pursuing > > >>> their agenda. It's the American version of suicide bombing. > > >>> The Minnesota government shutdown is just a preview of what > > >>> the Republicans will do at the national level. > > >>> In general, both major parties at the national level need to > > >>> forsake their ideologies in order the solve the bigger > > >>> problem of national government deficit spending and the > > >>> mounting national debt. > > >> That isn't the bigger problem. The bigger problem is > > >> unemployment and its consequences throughout the economy. > > >> We need *more* government spending--MUCH more--not less, > > >> for the economy to be strong enough to fix the deficit. > > > > > > > > > They don't seem to have much trouble spending on blowing up things. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
