There is but one party in the United States, the permanent institution known as The Money Party, the small group of enterprises and individuals who have most of the money in this country. They use that money to make more money by retaining ownership of the institutions of power.
The Republican and Democratic wings agree, in general, on key issues. They both favor: more wars; more defense spending; Wall Street bailouts; the ongoing evisceration of the Constitution; and other programs that benefit the very few at the expense of the many.
The adoption of Tea Party goals makes the Republicans the crazies, at least on a superficial level. A more accurate assessment takes into account that the Tea Party is the cynical creation of a fake populist movement by major corporate interests. The disaffected rank and file, many living on government pensions, don't realize that their antics are merely diversions that prop up the interests of their corporate backers.
The Democrats are the sleepwalkers and proud of it. President Obama never misses an opportunity to reach out and "embrace business," as he calls it. Not just any business will do. Obama's new pal is General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt, recently in Japan to asses the situation with GE reactor failures at Fukushima or maybe look at off shoring more GE jobs.
The embrace of big business, big banks, and Wall Street, through their loyal servant, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, completes the White House landscape of all corporate all the time. All the while, the people need jobs, mortgage interest relief, and a return of the wealth transferred from their savings to the Wall Street faction so well represented in the White House.
Who will win in this latest drama on the Hill? It really doesn't matter. We all lose as long as we have two parties, separated by just a few degrees, that show consistent disrespect for reality and the people that they claim to serve.
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