15 Nov 2006

  
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Dobbs: I'm a populist and proud of it

Lou throws down...

Both Slate and The Financial Times resist saying what I've been saying loudly and clearly: We're in a class war, and our middle class is losing, and losing badly. But I do blame and have blamed the rich, corporate America and our political elites in both parties who have permitted the unabated assault on middle-class working men and women and their families.

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I have never blamed the poor of Mexico, China or India for corporate America's avarice and our political elites' cowardice. I blame us for forgetting that the United States is first a nation, and secondly a marketplace or an economy, and I blame us for being taken as fools by both political parties for far too long. It is not nationalism by any stretch of the imagination for me to remind those in power that our political system, our great democracy, makes possible our free-enterprise economy, and not vice versa as the elites continually propagandize.

 
 
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Gee he sure has a strong viewpoint... a week after the facists were defeated.

dobbity 15 Nov 2006

It just sucks because the Dems have virtually no choice but to raise taxes in order to take care of some seriously ignored shit . . . making the whole "why is my take-home pay so paultry?" situation even worse.

Carl 15 Nov 2006

As long as the raised taxes are utilized properly, I don't mind paying higher taxes.

I'd much prefer a balanced budget and lower interest rates as a result than receiving a federally stamped check in the mail for $38.19 as part of Bush's tax rebate program.

By the way, the double-whammy for Dems will be that the Fed will have no choice but to raise interest rates in '07 to stop sky-rocketing inflation. It's not their fault, but they'll be viewed negatively for this too.

Markus Arelius 16 Nov 2006

Milk shot out of my nose when I read "As long as the raised taxes are utilized properly" and I wasn't even drinking milk at the time.

I sick of waiting for both parties to step up to the fiscal plate. I think the private sector (Nonprofits, I'm looking at you.) needs to be giving more back at a local level. The Federal government needs to focus their attention some select issues and erradicate them with laser beam precision.

Oh, and the tax-exempt status that churches have enjoyed for so long needs to end NOW!

Carl 16 Nov 2006

How about the NCAA?
It's a $500 million dollar "tax exempt" organization?
WTF!!!
I'm all for taxing these gravy trains if it contributes to financial solvency for the nation.

BUT - not sense bailing water out of the boat, if you haven't stopped the gaping hole in the hull.
Congress needs to curb spending as well.

MarkusArelius 16 Nov 2006

How about the NCAA?
It's a $500 million dollar "tax exempt" organization?
WTF!!!
I'm all for taxing these gravy trains if it contributes to financial solvency for the nation.

BUT - no sense bailing water out of the boat, if you haven't stopped the gaping hole in the hull.
Congress needs to curb spending as well.

MarkusArelius 16 Nov 2006

Your NCAA comment about made my head explode . . . why does a college sports org. deserve tax breaks? It's fucking sports!

Carl 17 Nov 2006

 
 
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