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Robert Reich; The New Common Ground Between Populist Left and Right
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-new-common-ground-bet_b_9740222.htmlThe old debate goes something like this:
You dont believe women have reproductive rights.
You dont value human life.
Or this:
You think everyone should own a gun.
You think were safer if only criminals have them.
Or this:
You dont care about poor people.
You think theyre better off with handouts.
Or this:
You want to cut taxes on the rich.
You want to tax everyone to death.
But were seeing the emergence of a new debate where the populist left and right are on the same side:
Both are against the rich to spend as much as they want corrupting our democracy.
Both are against crony capitalism.
Both are against corporate welfare.
Both are against another Wall Street bailout.
Both want to stop subsidizing Big Agriculture, Big Oil, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Both want to close the tax loophole for hedge fund partners.
Both want to ban inside trading on Wall Street.
Both want to stop CEOs from pumping up share prices with stock buy-backs ... and then cashing in their stock options.
Both want to stop tax deductions of CEO pay over $1 million.
Both want to get big money out of politics, reverse Citizens United, and restore our democracy.
If we join together, we can make these things happen.
You dont believe women have reproductive rights.
You dont value human life.
Or this:
You think everyone should own a gun.
You think were safer if only criminals have them.
Or this:
You dont care about poor people.
You think theyre better off with handouts.
Or this:
You want to cut taxes on the rich.
You want to tax everyone to death.
But were seeing the emergence of a new debate where the populist left and right are on the same side:
Both are against the rich to spend as much as they want corrupting our democracy.
Both are against crony capitalism.
Both are against corporate welfare.
Both are against another Wall Street bailout.
Both want to stop subsidizing Big Agriculture, Big Oil, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Both want to close the tax loophole for hedge fund partners.
Both want to ban inside trading on Wall Street.
Both want to stop CEOs from pumping up share prices with stock buy-backs ... and then cashing in their stock options.
Both want to stop tax deductions of CEO pay over $1 million.
Both want to get big money out of politics, reverse Citizens United, and restore our democracy.
If we join together, we can make these things happen.
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Robert Reich; The New Common Ground Between Populist Left and Right (Original Post)
jg10003
Apr 2016
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polichick
(37,152 posts)1. The only way the people can beat the powers that be is to stop letting them divide us. k&r
zalinda
(5,621 posts)2. The only way to beat them is to stop electing corporatists. eom
vkkv
(3,384 posts)3. Obvious duplicate - please delete - thanks
Baobab
(4,667 posts)4. People are finally figuring this out!
So there IS hope!
E Pluribus Unum!