Scary in Sept., Scarier Now....Norquist on the Republican vision

[Gloria]

In 20 years, the American Welfare State
will no longer be needed

By: Pablo Pardo/Washington
El Mundo (Spain)September 12, 2004

SNIP



Q: And if Bush wins?

A: The Democratic Party will be forever doomed. If we
take control of the legislature and the executive
branch, we will reenforce our control of the Judicial
Branch to direct it against the Democrats. We will
brng about a modest limit of the ability of the people
to initiate lawsuits against corporations, which will
damage the lawyers who specialize in these cases, which
is one of the props of the Democratic Party. We will
accelerate the decline of the unions. We will cut
funding to groups of public employees, like teachers,
who are one of the great sources of Democratic votes.
And we will begin the move the Welfare State toward a
private system, in pensions and healthcare.

Q: The end of the Democrats?

A: Yes, because their demographic base is collapsing.
Two million people who fought in the Second World War
and lived through the Great Depression die every year.
This generation has been an exception in US History,
because it as defended anti-American policies. They
voted for the creation of the Welfare State and for
mandatory military service. They are the Democratic
electoral base. And they are dying. And at the same
time, more and more Americans own stock. This makes
them defend business interests, because they are their
own interests. That is why it is impossible to bring
about a politics of societal hatred, of class struggle.

Q: What are the Democrats doing to stop their decline?

A: Mobilizing. That is where all the support that
Kerry receives from people like George Soros comes
from. They are just as we were in 1968, when Nixon
won, or in 1980, when Reagan won. Then, the Democrats
controlled Congress. We could only choose a President.
We knew that if Nixon or Reagan did not win, and
Democratic domination of US politics continued, that
they would deliver the country to the Soviet Union.
Now they are living that experience.

Q: You would like the cut the state by half in 25
years. How?

A: The key is in pensions and health. Last year Bush
approved the creation of personal accounts in which
each citizen accumulates savings to pay for health
assistance. And the platform includes a partial
privatization of Social Security ("pensiones"). These
two areas are a third of public spending in this
country. In 20 years, half the population will be in
private assistance systems and pensions. And the
Welfare State will no longer be needed. To this will
be added reforms to the EPA and a reduction in the
authority of the FDA, which authorizes the sale of
pharmaceuticals.

Q: And that will be the society that you want.

MORE GHOULISNESS


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[villager]

1. so he's calling the generation that survived the Depression

...and fought WWII "anti-American?"

Can these scum sink any lower?

That was a rhetorical question.

[drhilarius]

5. I actually had to re-read that because I couldn't believe it. nt

[villager]

8. why isn't this comment all over the MSM?

"Where's the outrage?"

again, only rhetorical. Alas.

[Bouncy Ball]

11. My eyes went all big when I read that.

Hey you FUCKING scum Norquist, my grandfather fought in WWII and voted as a Democrat and he was NOT anti-American, YOU ARE.

[Dr.Phool]

2. Medical savings accounts

One accident could easily eat up several years of income.

What planet are these people living on?

[quaoar]

3. When the revolution gets here

Grover Norquist is the first one on the train to the re-education camp.

[Skink]

4. Grover is the one person..

I'd like to see get sent to Iraq without any body armor. Sorry Grover guess we didn't collect enough income taxes .:shrug:

[amjucsc]

6. He just call the men who fought WWII unamerican...

Unbe-fucking-leavable.

[villager]

7. drhilarius and I are in complete agreement with you

n/t

[PlanetBev]

10. In the series, Cosmos, Carl Sagan talks about the Reptillian Brain

It lies right above the brain stem. It would appear that this part of Grover's brain is a little more active that the rest of us.

He is a lot like that guy from Sinclair, Mark Hyman. I don't think I've ever seen either of them smile, unless they're closing in on prey.

[Gloria]

9. I'll kick this...maybe one of our chicken Democrats will read it

and remember why they are supposed to challenge this bunch of thugs...