Corporate power and Priveledge

Dean Baker recently had a column on the Huffington Post concerning CEO salaries.  They are paid huge salaries that are thousands of times what employees.  They are the ones who decide how political donations are made now that the Supreme Court has unleashed corporate money for political campaigns.  This horrible situation must be brought to an end and will only be when our Constitution has been amended.  

The following is my comment concerning Dean Bakers column.

"Ah ha! These are the "people" that the Supreme Court wants to allow to donate to political campaigns. The interlocking boards of directors often draw salaries from various corporations. We need to Amend the Constitution to prevent corporate political donations. At least, unions represent their workers and support politicians who will work for workers, all workers."

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The Biggest Republican Lie -- 'America Is Broke'

The Republicans are really good at framing their arguments to support their lies and exaggerations. When adjusted for inflation, our national debt is not out of line. The argument that our children will be burdened by the huge national debt is a distortion of fact. After WWII the national debt was at a far higher percentage of GDP. I did not feel burdened by that debt. President Eisenhower built the Interstate freeway system that provided jobs and a lasting transportation infrastructure. The fact is that interests rates are at a decades long. low. There has never been a better time for the government to borrow and spend on infrastructure improvements that would provide millions of jobs and long lasting transportation infrastructure. The same can be said of renewable energy projects and education. The money velocity is nearly 7 times in a year. That means that for every dollar of increased spending, there would be about seven times more spending done causing more job creation and tax revenues. This country has many needs; ignoring them and failure to spend to meet those needs is exactly the wrong formula for improving our economy. The GOP is the party that is holding up progress in the hope that they can regain control of the WHITE HOUSE. I shudder to think of what would happen to our country if they controlled the helm of our ship of state.
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What Happens After an Iran-Israel War?

Great comment! Israel is an aggressive­, warlike state and should be disarmed. Our support for Israel is why so many countries hate us. We should end it now.
About Barack Obama
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What Happens After an Iran-Israel War?

The Iranian issue reminds me of the drive to invade Iraq by the Bush administra­tion. Even though the UNSCOM inspectors had searched for over 8 years and could find no WMD, the Bush administra­tion made the false claim of their existence. U>N. arms inspectors are going into Iran to investigat­e the issue of a suspected weapons program. Will Israel attack Iran before their work is done? Is this another false flag operation to take a desired action with no substantia­l proof of a threat?



The United States should withdraw all financial and military aid to Israel and let them know that if they attack Iran, they will be doing so on their own.
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Newt Gingrich's Rise Continues, Ron Paul Second, Romney Third In Iowa: Des Moines Register Poll

I wonder what would happen if the news media started to report on Newts many conquests. For those who are interested­, see the following website and read the Vanity Fair Article from 1995 at:

http://www­.pbs.org/w­gbh/pages/­frontline/­newt/vanit­yfair4.htm­l How many religious conservati­ves would vote for a guy with his history of sexual exploits?
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More Republican lies about the stimulus

The Republicans are attacking President Obama and Senator Claire McCaskill with the claim that the 800 billion dollar stimulus did not work.  They are running campaign ads against Claire McCaskill now even though, as of now, they have no candidate to oppose her.

Bad news for the CONs came from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office this week.  According to their report, the "Obama" stimulus plan created 3.3 million jobs, Gee whiz, what a waste of money, huh?

Yesterday the CONs voted against the extension of the payroll tax reduction because it would have required a small tax increase for people with over a million dollars in income.  The CONs just do not care about the working middle class or job creation. Their only hope is that they can defeat the President in the next election.

"Do-Nothing Republican Congress" Could Sink GOP In 2012

When I was young and foolish, I worked for the Republican party. I campaigned for my state Representa­tive, Jewell Kennedy, the Lady from Raytown. She predicted that if the "conservat­ives" ever took total control of the Republican party, that would lead to the total destructio­n of that party. I see her words coming true in 2012. This do-nothing Republican Congress will be the ones who bury the Republican party for decades to come. They may never have power again because they are demonstrat­ing right now that they care nothing for the American people. I say, as a Reagan Democrat, a fellow who changed parties because of Reagan's horrible policies. Reagan started us on the road to huge budget deficits and never ending wars and Obama will be the President to turn this country around and lead it into the prosperous 21st. Century just as soon as he has Democrats in control of both houses of congress after the 2012 elections. Happy times will certainly be here again!!!!
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