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Peaceful Protester

(280 posts)
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 03:57 PM Jun 2012

Democrat vs Republican comparison

Democrats fight for middle class values, Republicans fight for the privileged few.

Democratic economic philosophy is based on sustainable middle class values.

Republican economic philosophy is based on purposefully flawed circular logical.

Democrats believe in a stable economy, Republicans believe in "too big to fail".

Republicans believe in privatization and deregulation. As a result, (hired mercenaries) allowed Bin Laden to roam free and the stock market fell off the cliff.

Democrats believe in pragmatism and regulatory oversight. As a result, (Seal Team Six) tracked down Bin Laden and the stock market quickly bounced back from its lows.

NOTE: When Republicans saw a series of Democratic policy successes, they panicked and shut down the government.

Democrats believe in hard work that builds sweat equity, saving money to create a stable nest egg of wealth, and a system that safeguards everyone against unnecessary risk taking.

Republicans believe in trickling-down economics and a predatory form of disaster capitalism that enables greed and corruption to flourish, relies on leveraged buyouts, hostile takeovers, gushes wealth to the top, and always eventually crashes a healthy economy.


Summary: The circular logic created by Republicans causes cycles of disaster capitalism.

In the beginning, the middle class is allowed to pursue the American dream, buy a home and create a nest egg. The strength of the middle class builds/grows the economy until the flaw, Republicans have built into the system, causes the economy to crash. The crash causes the middle class to suffer huge loses, wipes out the middle class and forces them to start all over again.

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Peaceful Protester

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Thu Jun 14, 2012, 04:23 PM
Jun 2012

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They don't want you to know:

Economist Mike Kimel has noted that the five former Democratic Presidents (Clinton, Carter, Johnson, Kennedy, and Truman) all reduced public debt as a share of GDP, while the last four Republican Presidents (H. Bush, G. Bush, Reagan, and Ford) all oversaw an increase in the country's indebtedness.

PS: Don't tell anyone else!

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