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In reply to the discussion: Fiscal Cliff Scare Talk Follows Shock Doctrine Script [View all]xchrom
(108,903 posts)22. Wall Street Uses "Liberal" Front Group to Lead Its Assault on Social Security
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/11/14-1
Third Way, lobbyists for and from Wall Street who are leading the effort to enrich Wall Street by privatizing Social Security, was created by Wall Street to fool some of the people all of the time. I have written previously here and here to expose their fictional claims to be a moderate or liberal Democratic group.
Eric Lautner documented Wall Streets effort to become even wealthier by privatizing Social Security in articles and his recent book (The Peoples Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan (AK Press)).
I showed that Third Way makes itself useful by providing a faux liberal or moderate Democratic quote machine that can be used to discredit Democrats and Democratic policies such as the safety net. I gave examples of how Third Way gave aid and comfort to the effort to defeat Elizabeth Warren and the effort to unravel the safety net. Third Way continues to prove that you can fool some of the people all of the time.
Third Way, lobbyists for and from Wall Street who are leading the effort to enrich Wall Street by privatizing Social Security, was created by Wall Street to fool some of the people all of the time. I have written previously here and here to expose their fictional claims to be a moderate or liberal Democratic group.
Eric Lautner documented Wall Streets effort to become even wealthier by privatizing Social Security in articles and his recent book (The Peoples Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan (AK Press)).
I showed that Third Way makes itself useful by providing a faux liberal or moderate Democratic quote machine that can be used to discredit Democrats and Democratic policies such as the safety net. I gave examples of how Third Way gave aid and comfort to the effort to defeat Elizabeth Warren and the effort to unravel the safety net. Third Way continues to prove that you can fool some of the people all of the time.
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It's getting harder for them to fool people, isn't it? Ten years ago I probably
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#2
How right you are. The soap opera with 2 generals thrown in as a side-show while the cliff dangles.
mother earth
Nov 2012
#4
I haven't read the book, but have read enough DU and been screwed over enough to know
magical thyme
Nov 2012
#8
I'll never understand why people think this pre-compromise bullshit is OK.
phantom power
Nov 2012
#20
I'd like to see a little ass kicking, if only verbally, bipartisanship got us more of the same BS.
mother earth
Nov 2012
#30
The way i understand it is with both combined spending cuts and tax increases
Mr. Sparkle
Nov 2012
#19
America on the edge of a 'fiscal cliff'? No, it's the right peddling scare stories
xchrom
Nov 2012
#23
We need to take lessons from the highly successful Latin American leftist democracy movement...
Peace Patriot
Nov 2012
#26
Bravo, a lot to be learned, we can no longer pretend American exceptionalism if we don't practice it
mother earth
Nov 2012
#31
They weren't serious about the debt, but we should use their own BS against them
RepublicansRZombies
Nov 2012
#32