Republicans: You Hurt Us, But Let's Be Friends!
A.K.A.
The Two Party System: A Formula For Corporate Ownership Of Our Country!
Part Five Of The Five Part Series-Don't Be Upset With Us, At Least We're Not Republicans!
Examining the actual role of the Democratic Party In post Reagan America.
The way I see it, our two party system has slowly evolved over the years from a democracy to a well oiled corporate controlled oligarchy! The two party system as it stands today consists of two seemingly opposing forces, party R and Party D.
Party R politicians are blatantly pro corporate and anti union in both words and action. They give their corporate backers almost anything they want in the form of anti worker legislation. They attempt to lower corporate taxes, shifting the burden on to the backs of the middle class and the poor. This burden takes the form of budget cuts that slash services, put government workers on unemployment lines and even attempt to cut Social Security and Medicare.
You might think that no working person in his or her right mind would vote for a party R candidate. WRONG! Party R gets some of it's middle class and poor constituency by appealing to their base instincts. Party R's weapon of choice is fear with a tinge of racism thrown in for good measure. Hey, if they run enough deceptive TV ads and get their corporate backers to create bogus public interest organizations and do the same, they might shift the middle class and poor voter's focus away from the fact that they are being shafted by party R's not so hidden agenda.
Most Party D politicians are pro worker and pro union in words alone. Publicly, they sing the praises of unions and accuse party R of being anti worker and anti union. Privately, they join hands with their party R pals and support job killing “free” trade agreements. They pay lip service to important union initiatives like The Employee Free Choice Act, yessing unions to death while letting the legislation flounder and die quietly.
You can always tell the true intentions of ANY politician by looking at who they select as advisors. Our President surrounded himself with Wall Streeters, banksters and CEOs. The most telling thing was his choice of GE CEO, Jeffrey Immelt to be the chairman of an advisory council to help create jobs in our country. GE did lots of job offshoring on Mr. Immelt's watch.
Although the Democrats give unions lukewarm support, the possibility of seeing the evil specter of an anti-union Republican occupying any political office is enough to drive America's unions into the waiting arms of the Democratic Party.
To sum it up, the Republicans try to scare people into voting for their candidates. The Democrats are the lesser of two evils party, sort of a catchall for anyone who thinks that the Republicans are right-wing nut jobs. The politicians of both parties are visited by and listen to the same corporate lobbyists. In the end, both parties give corporate America what it wants and we, the working people of the United States of America are left out in the cold.
If we are to have a middle class in this country, working Americans need to ask their unions to start and grow a viable U.S. Labor Party to break the hold that the Democratic/Republican duopoly has on every aspect of our lives.
Examining the actual role of the Democratic Party In post Reagan America.
The way I see it, our two party system has slowly evolved over the years from a democracy to a well oiled corporate controlled oligarchy! The two party system as it stands today consists of two seemingly opposing forces, party R and Party D.
Party R politicians are blatantly pro corporate and anti union in both words and action. They give their corporate backers almost anything they want in the form of anti worker legislation. They attempt to lower corporate taxes, shifting the burden on to the backs of the middle class and the poor. This burden takes the form of budget cuts that slash services, put government workers on unemployment lines and even attempt to cut Social Security and Medicare.
You might think that no working person in his or her right mind would vote for a party R candidate. WRONG! Party R gets some of it's middle class and poor constituency by appealing to their base instincts. Party R's weapon of choice is fear with a tinge of racism thrown in for good measure. Hey, if they run enough deceptive TV ads and get their corporate backers to create bogus public interest organizations and do the same, they might shift the middle class and poor voter's focus away from the fact that they are being shafted by party R's not so hidden agenda.
Most Party D politicians are pro worker and pro union in words alone. Publicly, they sing the praises of unions and accuse party R of being anti worker and anti union. Privately, they join hands with their party R pals and support job killing “free” trade agreements. They pay lip service to important union initiatives like The Employee Free Choice Act, yessing unions to death while letting the legislation flounder and die quietly.
You can always tell the true intentions of ANY politician by looking at who they select as advisors. Our President surrounded himself with Wall Streeters, banksters and CEOs. The most telling thing was his choice of GE CEO, Jeffrey Immelt to be the chairman of an advisory council to help create jobs in our country. GE did lots of job offshoring on Mr. Immelt's watch.
Although the Democrats give unions lukewarm support, the possibility of seeing the evil specter of an anti-union Republican occupying any political office is enough to drive America's unions into the waiting arms of the Democratic Party.
To sum it up, the Republicans try to scare people into voting for their candidates. The Democrats are the lesser of two evils party, sort of a catchall for anyone who thinks that the Republicans are right-wing nut jobs. The politicians of both parties are visited by and listen to the same corporate lobbyists. In the end, both parties give corporate America what it wants and we, the working people of the United States of America are left out in the cold.
If we are to have a middle class in this country, working Americans need to ask their unions to start and grow a viable U.S. Labor Party to break the hold that the Democratic/Republican duopoly has on every aspect of our lives.