Bush tax cuts in war go against history--All but one major U.S.
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» JohnRutherford - Success of War
Credit is due to our military and the administration for the success in the opening days of the war in Iraq. Hopefully fighting will be over soon and the process of rebuilding a nation and government can begin. But as our military wages war and Bush continues to push his tax cutting agenda, our economy suffers. He's a chip off the old block...a military success and an economic failure.-- posted by JohnRutherford
» plox - Re: Success of insanity
In response to message posted by JohnRutherford:I just really do not understand how the Republican fiscal policy is supposed to help anyone except the already wealthy.
It sounds like a plan to eliminate poor people through neglect. What is our future? Will it look something like a kingdom of a few oil sheiks' families and a multitude of "guest workers"?
As a Georgian, no one is representing me in Washington. My republican rep, Saxby Chambliss, looks and sounds like he was typecast by Hollywood for the part of venal politician. My "democratic" senator, Zell Miller, agrees 101% with anything the republicans tell him to do.
-- posted by plox
» JohnRutherford - Re: Re: Success of insanity
In response to message posted by plox:There is a difference between Southern Democrats and Democrats as a whole. Democrats in the South have typically been conservative throughout history. The progressive movement is North and West...New York and California. Why do you think Hillary Clinton ran for the Senate from New York instead of Arkansas, where she was the state's first lady for 12 years? Conservative Democrats are also more openly supportive of Republicans when they think they are right on an issue. Liberals tend to want to be against Republicans at every turn no matter what. I think its wise for both parties to recognize the other as being right when you really think they are right and stand firm against the other side when you think they are wrong.
-- posted by JohnRutherford
» JohnRutherford - Re: Re: Re: Success of insanity
In response to message posted by JohnRutherford:IN SUPPORT OF MY ARTICLE FROM "TOP TEN CONSERVATIVE IDIOTS" OF THE DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND
You know, it's going to take a lot of time and money to clean up Iraq after we blow it to smithereens, and who do you think is going to pay the tab? That's right folks - it's you, the taxpayer. So since you're going to be paying the tab, you should probably know where the money's going. Last week five companies were invited to bid for contracts to put Iraq's infrastructure back together following a war, and wouldn't you know it, one of those companies is a subsidiary of Halliburton Inc., Kellogg Brown & Root. And Halliburton Inc.'s former CEO is Dick Cheney (they still send him a million dollars a year). It's the mother of all surprises. Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Halliburton subsidiaries were rebuilding Iraq during the nineties (after Dick bombed them the first time) and it was obviously very profitable. Incidentally, Kellogg Brown & Root has already won a contract with the government to salvage Iraq's oil fields on the off-chance that Saddam (or someone else, wink wink) blows them up. So here's what happens - Dick Cheney and friends start a war, and then send in their companies to clean up the mess they've created, making a huge profit which is passed on to you, the taxpayer. Figuring out how the Bush administration works yet?
-- posted by JohnRutherford
» JohnRutherford - Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Success of insanity
In response to message posted by spondulix:I have nothing against capitalism, but I have a lot against conflicts of interests in capitalism.
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» Sunbear - Tax insanity from the Right
Hi John,Congratulations on your thoughtful, well-researched articles, especially this one.
I just don't think most of today's Republicans (and many of yesteryear as well) bother to think very deeply about their opinions. So many of them seem to have a positive kneejerk reaction in favor of any tax cut no matter what the circumstances or who it helps or hurts.
I suppose they are mostly ideolgues these days; certainly easier than dealing with the facts unerlying political positions.
Thanks for your insight.
Tom
-- posted by Sunbear
» JohnRutherford - Re: Tax insanity from the Right
In response to message posted by Sunbear:Thanks for your response Sunbear. Republicans today seem to be more into claiming issues for themselves like values and the flag instead of actually helping people.
-- posted by JohnRutherford
» plox - Freedom of speech is not completely outlawed YET, so raise your
Freedom of speech is not completely outlawed YET, so raise your voice in whatever ways you can. Here is the url for the grassroots petition to impeach the Bush administration:http://www.votetoimpeach.org/
It's not safe to wait for an election when the far right owns the computerized voting machines.
-- posted by plox
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