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They are shifting their political money to Republicans, some even recognizing that the Tea Party is their best friend all in the name of the "free: (sic) market."
Welcome to the age of stalemate and paralysis with the tone still set by an ever so cautious President who still hopes to make a deal rather than fight for his program. He is watching the polls-- not listening to the cries of his supporters.
Contrast Obama's failure to explain the real challenge with the stand taken by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1936. (He was re-elected three more times), condemning "business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, (and) war profiteering."
FDR said then, "We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
The times have changed, although the conflicts that surfaced in the 1930's are surfacing again as economic inequality grows and cutbacks intensify. A half a million people took to the streets in London last week. Don't think the same or more can't happen in the USA.
A last minute deal is likely to get done with more compromise on the left and more gloating on the right.
Who will get hurt? Not the wealthy, that's for sure. But these issues, and this conflict are here to stay with or without a last minute compromise or sell-out by Democrats.
News Dissector Danny Schechter directed the DVD, Plunder the Crime of our Time and wrote the companion book. (Plunderthecrimeofourtime.com.)
