Is the GOP the largest pyramid scam in history? And if so . . .

[merh]

How is it that it's members don't recognize it and how can we enlighten the Repugs we know?

What is a Pyramid Scheme?
The disguises, rationalizations and defenses have a similar ring. Perpetrators claim they are uplifting people, setting them free, creating new opportunity, and teaching them a new and better way to live and prosper. As in all such abuses of the past, huge amounts of money are spread to peddle influence, stave off regulation, and maintain the false portrayal of legitimacy. Critics are vilified and threatened with lawsuits as "anti-business" and "losers."
The element of the pyramid scheme that has the most in common with past abuses is its appeal to economic justification. Deceptive practices which take money from millions of unwitting people and enrich a small group of promoters and perpetrators are defended as "legitimate business," helping to build the economy, employ people, and provide economic opportunity.

http://www.pyramidschemealert.org/schemes/schemeindex.htm

[DenverDem]

1. repudlickian ponzi scheme

to redistribute the country's wealth to the power elite.

It's working very well.

[John_Shadows_1]

2. It's for people who don't realize that...

.... their interests and those of the rich are not the same.

[Spinzonner]

3. Actually, they are so corrupt that the Mafia is a better metaphor

And, like the Mafia, Omerta is beginning to break down as they scurry for legal cover and self-preservation.

[Sporadicus]

4. The Biggest Scam in This Scheme Awaits Us All

if the fascists get their way: bankrupting the US government. They have been trying since RR was in office to accomplish this feat in order to transfer services to the private sector. Think of the trillions of taxpayer dollars gone to waste should this travesty of democracy come to pass.

[merh]

6. The attempt to destroy & privatize

are key to the GOP's success. Unfortunately in my state, the biggest GOP carpetbagger was elected Governor and took office this January. Prior to his win, he was GOP's top dog. He co-owns one of the largest and richest lobbying firms in DC with his profits in a blind trust while in office. (They are called blind trusts because the citizens can't see what the politicos are making while they rule. Of course, they can see what they have earned from their unethical dealings.)

The privatization is just beginning -- our Department of Human Services was not funded during our legislative session. Gov tried to take it over to run. Word is the employees have been instructed not to pursue claims for child support. Plan is for Gov to say the way to save the Department is to out source the services.

It is beginning in Mississippi . . .

[SlingBlade]

5. These fucking pukes

Will ruin our Nation if given the chance, It’s their “Starve the Beast” Strategy.
Their all fucking Nazis, Call them what you like but that's the bottom line.
They will settle for nothing less than a Dictatorship with 200 million ants to do their bidding.

Fuck them, Take back our Country and expose this sick fuck for what he is.

[merh]

7. aren't pyramid schemes illegal?

Why don't we get Ashy to investigate and prosecute? Mail fraud is definitely part of the scam, so there is fed jurisdiction.