Too simple?

[senseandsensibility]

I heard a great caller to the Ed Shultz show on Air America Radio today. He had some EXCELLENT advice for our party, and it went something like this:

Whenever I'm having trouble figuring out the motivations of this administration, I do one thing. I remind myself that their motivation is ALWAYS money.

I started thinking about this, and damn, if this caller wasn't right. We liberals tend to over think things. But this motivation works for everything. Please consider the following checklist:

Iraq War- money
Social Security scam, I mean, "reform"- money
Education privatization- money
Tax Cuts- hey, MONEY!!
Medical Accounts- money

In short, everything this administration claims to "care" about is rooted in money, and in distributing more of OUR tax paid dollars to themselves and others like them.

Do you think maybe the Dems could, like, start talking about this?:toast: I'd buy a beer for any of our reps who would! I really think it would persuade the kind of people we need to reach.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I do think we need to keep highlighting that the lives our D.C.

legislators live do NOT reflect what the rest us experience.

"In the 435-member House of Representatives, 123 elected officials earned at least one million dollars last year, according to recently released financial records made public each year. Next door in the ornate Senate, whose blue-blooded pedigree includes a Kennedy and a Rockefeller, one in three people are millionaires. By comparison, less than one percent of Americans make seven-figure incomes."
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0630-05.htm

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[MichiganVote]

2. Deficits= Not my money, you pay it taxpayers

[VioletLake]

3. Money is power.

And by that measure, the Bush admin. is hemorrhaging power.

[VioletLake]

7. The Bush administration:

Hemorrhaging America's Power for Profit

Hemorrhaging America's Wealth for Power

You've heard the old saying, "You have to hemorrhage money to make it."

And then there's China...

[TomClash]

4. No shit

They're Republicans. When they talk about values watch your wallet.

[purduejake]

5. WHY DON'T DEMS POINT THIS OUT...

On TV shows they go on, etc. I just watched Sen. Kennedy on MSNBC and I believe he said that they had good intentions, however were very misguided. Let's start calling these jerks out for what they are! This is why people think dems are weak.

[Atman]

6. Dammit, this is exactly what Bush PROMISED us!

I get so tired of people being surprised at this "revelation." (Not you, sense...I've been meaning to vent this rant for days, and then your post popped up). Bush promised the voters he'd run America like a business! He is doing exactly that. This is what BUSINESSES do...they focuse everything on the bottom line.

The bribery/payola of Armstrong...no biggie. I am sure there are many others, and BushCo is presently covering their tracks via more payola, or outright abandonment of their shills. BUSINESSES do this all the time, in the form of Press Releases written as news stories. It is common practice, although not common or even legal for government to do this. In many countries, you simply cannot close a business deal without an expensive gift to the client. Even in the US, sales people take clients on golf/fishing/skiing outings all the time in order to help close a deal. It is SOP.

Bush said he'd run America like a business.

Business are very secretive about their products. They have to be, so they are not discovered/undermined/copied/whatever before the official launch. BushCo is no different. Keep everything top secret until the last minute. Then issue press releases about how great your new product is (see above), and keep repeating it and repeating it and repeating it. SOP.

Bush said he'd run America like a business.

It is also common practice to simply make shit up about your product. Look at any ad for any product..."The best..." "Makes you run faster, jump higher" "Get a boner instantly" etc etc etc etc etc. Then issue a press release saying that all this stuff is really, really true. If you're caught lying, issue another press release saying you really weren't lying, but you'll back off your claim just because you care so much about your customers.

Bush said he'd run America like a business.

Screw your customers even as you say you are giving them the best deal, and that it is all to their benefit. Increase the bottom line, maximize profit, and bring in a bigger return for the shareholders. The trouble is, Bush thinks that he and his cronies are the shareholders, not the American people.

Bush said he'd run America like a business.

So please, stop being surprised when BushCo does something that would make Upton Sinclair blush...Bush said he'd run America like a business. And that is exactly what he is doing.

Business go bankrupt, though. Ask George...he's very familiar with running businesses into the ground.



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[msongs]

8. yer right, the demos would rather "concede" in many cases

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[mcscajun]

9. I was thinking about our American CEO earlier today...

...when I read about a move to restrict access to VA medical care to only the disabled and indigent of America's veterans.

Restructuring America? Downsizing America? Yep...that's typical corporate-speak. Managing Expectations is another: suggest that America just "can't be all things to all Americans" because deep down, they know we're on a downhill economic slide (of their Making, the bastards!).

We need a shareholder revolt.