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waldopaper • 8 years ago

Sniff. There it is again. "...the liberal Democrat emotional economic development." Emotional. Bleeding heart liberal. Got it. Same stuff for the past 50 years. Self-respect, self-reliance and small government. Mom, apple pie and ... what? Smaller than what? Smaller than it is now? National-state-county-municipal... all smaller? How does one determine size? Budget? People? Square footage? What?

And the Ds got "Moving America Forward." Away from/ toward...? Barely evolved advertising derp from the '50s to sell political vaporware obsolete since the '80s: left-right liberal-conservative are now meaningless. So it may be true: "The low voter turnout shows the lack of interest in the political classes in straw man issues." Oh? Like self-respect, self reliance, and small government?

How is that going to fix the potholes, overhaul the energy/ environmental/ economic infrastructure with secure productive work for decent pay, access to healthcare, education and time enough to dream? Respect your self, rely on your self and don't expect any government to do anything, is that it? Democracy or oligarchy? Are you serious?

We have an oligarchy NOW. Bernie Sanders is the *only* presidential candidate even talking about this. But he's too "far-left," isn't he? Even though at least 60% of Americans agree with him. And that number is growing every day. The "political class" knows what's happening. And so do you. Break this down to the local level-- even in corn-servative Indiana... and it aint no "pipe dream." All the people bound to choose.

All you fascists bound to lose.

Character over Pedigree • 8 years ago

This is something i posted a month or so ago.

I don't trust Republicans and the The Tea Party. Every move they make or don't make leads us laborers to lowering our standard of living. Working hard just doesn't do it anymore in this country. It takes capital and the hard working skilled laborers that make a decent wage and have the whits, like me, have very little left over to risk in this economy. I don't trust the economy enough to put my savings, my home, my children's college, and our retirement on the line to start a business that has to openly compete with China wages.
Yes I am taxed enough! However, The Republican Party and The Tea Party preach patriotism while playing footsie with multi-nationals that make huge profits off our infrastructure and our protection, while the average joe family that makes 75k-150k, like mine, foots the bill. More tax breaks for corporations? 1 in 4 fortune 500 companies already pay no tax. It's absurd and The Republican Party as a whole supports tax breaks for corporations.
Instead, tax the heck out of the multi-national corporations and give families like mine a tax break. The average joe's use of the infrastructure is minuscule compared to the net cost.
I want a tax form that says "I Win!" at the bottom too. I say if the state and the federal government want to spur growth and move money they should give startups with less than 5 employees and it's employees a zero income tax that is progressive over time. The zero tax is a reward for taking the risk of starting a business and for risking to work for a startup that might fail. If the subsidiaries are located on American soil, offer multi-nationals and corporations the same deal.