tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942096640368435333.post3610773948666850777..comments2023-10-16T08:26:52.225-04:00Comments on No Corporate Rule: Capitalism Hits the Fan (or as your mama used to say, "don't step in that stuff")Jefferson's Guardianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950868026721859555noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942096640368435333.post-50298303026515911012010-07-25T07:10:10.401-04:002010-07-25T07:10:10.401-04:00I certainly can't tell you the mindset of the ...I certainly can't tell you the mindset of the tea-partiers, or other members of the conservative movement, for certainly if I did it would send cold shivers down my spine. But what I do know is that they're angry -- angry as hell, as a matter of fact. But I also interpret their anger as mostly misdirected and misplaced. They want to place total blame on the current administration's fiscal policies (i.e. deficit spending on domestic programs, in particular last year's Stimulus or Recovery Act) and its bailout of GM and the investment banking sector (otherwise known as TARP and initiated by the previous administration), but for some reason they never utter a peep about the astronomical outlays their government makes on defense spending appropriations, whether budgeted or supplemental -- <i>each and every year</i>! <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/64377-senate-to-vote-on-defense-bill" rel="nofollow">The latest, for example, calls for $680 billion and an additional "supplement" of $130 billion for the occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan.</a> No matter how you slice it, that's a chunk of change -- <i>so much</i> not needed and wasted.<br /><br />The tea-partiers sort of remind me of the old lady who lost her eyeglasses in her living room, but she looked for them in her garden because the light was better outside. Again, their anger is justified -- just totally misdirected.<br /><br />Thanks for your thoughts!Jefferson's Guardianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950868026721859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942096640368435333.post-21690781593605033012010-07-25T01:27:49.574-04:002010-07-25T01:27:49.574-04:00What I find astounding is that these critical issu...What I find astounding is that these critical issues that you outlined here are virtually ignored by the teabagger-wingnut contingent. They have no problem at all with the outrageous realities of life for the average working person in America. Perhaps they're busy apologizing to BP, I don't know. They focus all their energy on preserving tax cuts for the top 1/2% of the wealthiest Americans - as if somehow this will magically "create jobs". What a bunch of bullshit! <br />Do they actually believe their own nonsensical drivel, or are they just complete tools, conditioned to recite whatever talking points wingnut corporate media tells them to?Citizen Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10502416367434226282noreply@blogger.com