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When George Bush leaves office next January, the Dow will not have come close to matching the Clinton figures and may well be a loss.
In all fairness to the GOP, we must remember that the main reason it trails so dramatically in Dow Jones advances and job creation is because Republican administrations must spend an inordinate amount of time trying to dig out from under a recession that they created or allowed to happen in the first place.
Much has been written in recent years about "Reagan Democrats;" those undereducated, ill-informed workers of America clinging to issues that don't involve them. They obsess about such things as gay rights and same-sex marriages, abortion, prayers in public school and guns, and vote against their own best economic interests by electing politicians who send their jobs overseas, destroy their unions and middle-class wages, dumb down education for their children and destroy the environment in which they live.
But we also have the problem of corporations paying their leaders tens of millions of dollars annually in salary, bonuses and stock options to lead the businesses, but who use their wealth, influence and positions to help put into power politicians who promise tax cuts or elimination of regulations, even though whose policies actually harm the economy and negatively impact the corporations' performances. It seems the "best and brightest" of us are no more capable of seeing what's best for America than are the undereducated and ill-informed masses.
About here, an invitation should go out to Republicans, conservatives and libertarians to prove that they are better stewards of the economy than are Democrats using facts and statistics to prove their claims, but it seems the facts and figures have been used up showing which political party and political philosophy are the best on economic matters: that would be progressive Democrats.
This leaves us with an important question and that is: "Why are Democrats so reluctant, or afraid, to address this history with the American public?"
Become a Fan (1 fan) -- Page 4 of 4 page(s)
In all fairness to the GOP, we must remember that the main reason it trails so dramatically in Dow Jones advances and job creation is because Republican administrations must spend an inordinate amount of time trying to dig out from under a recession that they created or allowed to happen in the first place.
Much has been written in recent years about "Reagan Democrats;" those undereducated, ill-informed workers of America clinging to issues that don't involve them. They obsess about such things as gay rights and same-sex marriages, abortion, prayers in public school and guns, and vote against their own best economic interests by electing politicians who send their jobs overseas, destroy their unions and middle-class wages, dumb down education for their children and destroy the environment in which they live.
But we also have the problem of corporations paying their leaders tens of millions of dollars annually in salary, bonuses and stock options to lead the businesses, but who use their wealth, influence and positions to help put into power politicians who promise tax cuts or elimination of regulations, even though whose policies actually harm the economy and negatively impact the corporations' performances. It seems the "best and brightest" of us are no more capable of seeing what's best for America than are the undereducated and ill-informed masses.
About here, an invitation should go out to Republicans, conservatives and libertarians to prove that they are better stewards of the economy than are Democrats using facts and statistics to prove their claims, but it seems the facts and figures have been used up showing which political party and political philosophy are the best on economic matters: that would be progressive Democrats.
This leaves us with an important question and that is: "Why are Democrats so reluctant, or afraid, to address this history with the American public?"
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Thomas Bonsell is a former newspaper editor (in Oregon, New York and Colorado) United States Air Force cryptanalyst and National Security Agency intelligence agent. He became one of (more...)
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Why are Democrats so reluctant, or afraid, to address this?
by reasonableperson on Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 at 2:48:41 PM
Ben Stein
by Carola Von Hoffmannstahl on Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 at 3:56:58 PM
STEIN & OTHERS
by tabonsell on Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:26:00 PM