The New Common Ground Between Populist Left and Right - ROBERT B. REICH
Worth a full look at the link.. Interesting presentation..
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We’re 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 B. REICH’s new book, “Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few,” is now out.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-new-common-ground-bet_b_9740222.html
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Squinch
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(50,955 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Robt Reich is a good bit smarter than you.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)But its quite likely that four years of a Cruz Trump or Clinton presidency may ease some of our concerns in that area.
But first we have to assume that Trump voters are establishment voters.
Not an assumption I've been willing to make.
TomCADem
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think
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(8,445 posts)TomCADem
(17,387 posts)No surprise he once again advocating a third way approach that reconciles right-wing and left-wing politics.
think
(11,641 posts)Robert Reich is talking about core issues that effect working people in both parties. He is most certainly not a member of ThirdWay nor he is one who follows their philosophy.
Third Way is a component of the DLC Democrats like Bill & Hillary Clinton.
You know probably know that though:
http://www.thirdway.org/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12774832
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)You may wish to read it again.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)That's who's supporting Donald Drumpf.
Igel
(35,317 posts)Some Trump supporters are. Many aren't.
From this distance, given the filters between us and the complete set of knowledge that's "out there," it looks that way.
It's not.
andym
(5,444 posts)like the Populist Left. That's the biggest common ground. They also don't like government handouts to corporations so there is that common ground too. But they also don't like about corporations is government intervention in their affairs! Why? Because what they really hate is big government and working for the common good. That will end the dialogue right there.
Blue Meany
(1,947 posts)what is really going on. Major figures in both parties have kept all these things going, often while railing against them. The parties have become little more than corporations within which career politicians seek to advance their careers and enrich themselves. I'm not saying that they are all 100% sell outs, but the money that is thrown their way is sufficient to make sure that the interests of the real ruling class are not seriously threatened.
Money has always corrupted politics, but I do think there was a time when both parties had principles that competed with money to influence them. You see very little evidence of this any more, which is why someone like Bernie Sanders is so refreshing.
