A point about the flawed view of the Bush tax cuts....

[TLM]

The repukes fear, more than anything, when the people pool resources.

That is one reason they fear Dean so much, he's showing people how to pool their resources.

Repukes and greedy dems, like Kerry, but into this "me first" notion. They buy votes by telling people they'll give them each money. Split all of the people apart and encourage their selfishness by waving a few hundred bucks at them.

That 400 bucks won't do a damn thing for the average family, even with a few kids, lets say 1200 bucks. That's not going to pay for healthcare for that family, or tuition... sure it will be nice to have a few bucks... probably going to get a new TV or pay bills for a month. Then the money is gone and they are right back in the same mess.

By getting everybody in this selfish me me me mode, all trying to get paid, they mask the fact they are reversing the pooling of resources. This is a ploy to effectively undermine these same people from pooling their resources to get better schools for everybody, better health care for everybody, and better job/business for everybody.

I refuse to support this intentional fomenting of selfishness, nor the candidates who knowingly sell out their constitutions to this process, just for political gain. It is worse than buying votes… what they are buying is apathy. They are paying 400 bucks per kid to get these middle class families to stop pushing for change or trying to get better schools and healthcare. They want them focused on getting paid, and to put middle class working poor with kids against those with no kids. They want people to stop focusing on change and focus only on getting a few bucks from the government, like peasants begging for food at the palace gates.

The whole point is to derail the process of progressive change… like throwing a bunch of 20’s into a crowd of protesters so they’ll not only lose focus on the protest, but turn against each other. And I see so many supposed progressive dems buying into this, mouthing the repuke lines, and all because they want to get theirs….

Who would have thought that progressive values could be bought for 400 bucks.

[DarkPhenyx]

1. "Who would have thought that progressive values could be bought for 400 bu

Me...but I'm basically a cynic.

[TLM]

2. Or a realist....

I just find it very sad to see so many folks buying into this and falling for it again.


This is a ploy for guys like KErry and Lieberman to try and buy votes... and the cost down the road is much much higher. But they lack the spine to stand up and say that while we need middle class tax reform, this is hardly it. We need to really reform the system, not just throw some scraps to the people to get them fighting each other.

Meanwhile they continue to keep a flawed tax code that continues to punish work and reward wealth. Rather than fix it or get rid of it and put a new system in place... these guys just push some token give away to silence people, and to undermine the group pooling resources and fighting for real change... not just a table scraps.

[Bandit]

3. Many who claim to be Democrats are not Progressive

Some Progressives may sell out for four hundred dollars but not many. A lot of so-called Democrats will in a heartbeat.