The new whining winning Conservative strategy for this Fall! That and elimination of the Death Tax and the Capital Gains Tax, more tax cuts for Billionaires and corporations in general, elimination of bankruptcy for real people (we’ll keep Chapter 11 for those fictional ones), total de-regulation (no alphabet agencies like the EPA, FDA, no SEC, no OSHA) and the end to entitlements (i.e., Social Security and Medicare)! I can’t believe they didn’t add the repeal of child labor laws, can you? Think how competitive our economy might be if 5 and 6 year-old kids could work again and start saving for their retirement years early?
You know what the sad thing is? There are people who actually believe that these “policies” will bring about a Capitalist Paradise on Earth. Like the [expletive deleted] jerk in the video.
Finn seems to be doing great even though he’s unemployed as yet – of course he’s exceptional in every way! Great seeing everyone yesterday!!!!
that guy in the video- he’s a parody of himself; the Tony Hayword school of pseudo human being.
I think it’s shameful that a group of able, working-age adults actually spent a number of hours yesterday not engaged in earning wages!
Not only that, but they involved a minor in this shamefully un-American behavior.
This, to my mind, is nothing short of a crime against the state. Just a step away from actual terrorism. That is, terrorism via coffee & cupcakes.
Can’t wait for pictures!
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it was actually worse than that – coffee, cupcakes, and SAVORY CAKES AND LEMONADE
At least it’s a roof over your head.
The really sad thing is that given extremely sophisticated, corporate-driven manipulation of the public mind by mass media, it’s really possible that these policies can & will receive widespread support.
Get away from entitlement he says. Without taxes to redistribute wealth a permanent upper class is created and this the purist form of entitlement. Birth. Wealth begats wealth. The real scary thing is they truly believe they are entitled to their wealth.
When will it be understood. Big money is made in the U.S. using an educated and extremely motivated work force. To hammer these same citizens and not push for a financially stable and happy work force is shortsighted. People who are good carpenters and customer service reps made the same decisions but did not have money to bounce out of the mortgage blowout. Give some mortgage relief to the poor guy paying the mortgage. Debtors prisons as the good old days gives another peek inside the souls of the monied class in this country today.
Rig the rules then blame the victim. Cut taxes and throw the poor in prison. How many economies recovered on that prescription. Its a prescription of austerity or poverty for large parts of the population. 70% of growth is personal spending. If the poorest among us cannot buy beans it hurts Bush beans. You grow up in an unstable environment you buy less beans as an adult. The population of the U.S. is seeing its middle class being dismantled. They don’t care if we can buy beans. The corporations are international and pay no taxes. No taxes no money to extend unemployment benefits and CLOSE TAX LOOPHOLES.
I can think of not better reason to work our butts off this fall to make sure that the Republicans don’t take back a whole lot of seats. I would be willing to support a few selected Blue Dogs if it would give them the confidence that Republicans are not breathing down their neck.
But the hand on the scale in the America Speaks town meetings does not give me optimism about anything other than further descent into a depression (the economic kind). The amount of economic magical thinking among business owners and managers is stunning. Not to mention G-20 finance ministers.
I’ll bet Angle and Paul would vote for a Debtor prison bill at the drop of a hat. Certainly the private prison industry and their lobbyists would support such a measure.
No they don’t. Nobody could be that stupid.
I’ll assume you are being snarky. Unfortunately I do know people who are “that stupid” or as they would call themselves “right thinking individuals.”
Actually not being snarky, Steven. It is inconceivable to me that they could be that dumb, therefore I believe that those that espouse that view are either highly cynical or totally ignorant (without basic knowledge as opposed to being incapable of reasoning).
they’re not looking to “bring about a Capitalist Paradise on Earth”, they’re striving for a return to the feudalism of the middle [dark] ages. they’d like nothing more than to resurrect the lord-serf relationships that were the paradigm during the dark ages.
couple that with their ongoing attempts to destroy the social safety nets, and abrogate even the most basic human rights…see amendments 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8; as well as habeas corpus.
people like this idiot are the definition neomedievalists [pdf].
“The Death Tax” I believe this is a misdirection Luntzism trying to make me think that if I don’t pay the tax, I won’t see death. It has an appeal. Another idea would be that while alive I would pay no tax, but at death my assets would go to the IRS. That might be ok too.
Really tho it is “The Estate Tax” a tax on excessively large inheritances for the likes of the Walton’s and the Koch Bros. They remind me that too much power corrupts and makes them think they are some kind of god.
I prefer “The Anti-aristocracy Tax”, “Keep the Rich Sane Tax”, or “No Plutocrat (Oligarch) Tax”.
The Rich have gone too far in their war against the lower economic classes and with the aid of Murdoch’s News Corp. and Corporate Media may succeed. I’m sure they don’t know how their way will work out and don,t care. It can’t be good for us or them. They are controlled by their all consuming lust and greed for power. What else does a Psychopath have?
BTW is it Peter “Gecko” Peterson?
Since recession has taken its place lots of people have relied for financial options like payday loans. And because of this some people have been trap to debt. Businesses today also are having a hard time to cope up with the present situation. Telsa Motors has had some troubles over the term of the recession, but finally took their business public and with excellent returns. When they opened their business up today to offer shares they had initial estimations of how much would be purchases, at $13 a share their predictions were blown out of the water. Now they won’t have much of a need to take out any installment loans. Although the electronic vehicle industry is growing, the one Telsa has been offering has been a bit out of the price range for most people to want. They are attempting to get a much more affordable electric car produced in higher quantities that would only price the consumer around $50,000.