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charliea

(260 posts)
4. Well said
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 02:52 PM
Jun 2012

You may need a copy editor, but damn that's how I've been feeling since 'ol Ronnie Rayguns got in. I remember that program, I thought it was wonderful. Help, training, guidance that's how good government should work. I don't know but I bet the right analysis would show it was wildly cost-effective too.

To me it boils down to the fact that Republicans want to engender an environment where wealth accrues to the few, and the hoi polloi can just do without. That is: corporations are the real beneficiaries of government regulations (or lack of them) and the people are not.

Amongst a whole host of other issues I like dealt with is one that I think would tweak "them" where it counts. Let's implement the Financial Transfer tax to all stock, bond, derivative trading, etc. My own Congressman (Defazio) has introduced it before but it aint gonna happen until we boot out the current House leadership. I'd love to see that orange clown lose his gavel.

I'm an old pessimist, generally but somehow I think that Rmoney is managing to step on every "third rail" available. So far he's alienated women, immigrants, people who like coherent extemporaneous speech, and independent voters who think people are creatures that breath.

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