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Edited on Sat Jan-26-08 05:42 PM by awaysidetraveler
Last night, after taking some time to analyze the money in opensecrets.org, two major pieces of information began glaring out of the finances of the Democratic Presidential Primaries. The first is that the big money moved from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party about two years ago. The second is that the largest financiers of this election are all of the same guys that run Wall Street.
It dawned upon me then, that this election is about oil. It is not about the Iraq war, not about health care, not about poverty, not about the environment and not about the candidates–Hillary’s experience, Edward’s populism and Obama’s message of hope and change. It is about the conflict between oil money and Wall Street’s money.
Republicans love to talk about how taxes slow down the economy, and how capitalism thrives in low-tax situations. When one considers it, their economic theory makes sense to a point. What republicans don’t like to mention is that oil prices have the exact same effect on our economy as regressive taxes: high oil prices slow down our economy much like the "head taxes" of Adam Smith’s time once did.
So why is most of the big money going to the democratic candidates this year? I've got a hunch: Wall Street now understands that the future of our economy is riding on our ability to create cheap energy sources. Who knows? Maybe they’ve even figured out that global warming is no joke. So that’s why we’re seeing Obama’s getting big money from major investment firms. Meanwhile, the oil guys are still betting on McCain, and placing hedge bets on Hillary Clinton. The defense contractors and the Zionist money is behind Hillary Clinton, because they think she’ll stay the longest in Iraq, which she’s stated that she will.
Individual contributions are now also being injected into the race. Candidates like Obama and Edwards get a majority of their money from individuals, which should mean that we get more than a little say in their policies. Only are our motives any different for wanting change? No! Most democrats have long known what even some republicans like Huckabee or Ron Paul are figuring out: our oil dependence must change now, because we don’t want Iraq, and we don’t want Saudi Arabia, and we don’t want Iran, and we don’t even want Afghanistan.
We want out of the oil game, and we want out of the Iraq War. Right?
So I'll pose the question again: Is this Democratic Primary a referendum on oil abuse and the Iraq war?
And if not, then why is the big money moving to the Democratic Party?
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