".. 'Capitalism' is a Molotov cocktail thrown straight at the heart of the New York Stock Exchange."

MSP Star-Tribune via MichaelMoore.com:



October 3rd, 2009 3:20 AM

Rich get richer; Moore gets madder
The Inspector Columbo of film polemics gives us his most radical take yet in "Capitalism: A Love Story."

By Colin Colvert / Star Tribune


With "Capitalism: A Love Story," Michael Moore delivers his liveliest, most radical film to date. Forget the weary debate over the lack of dissenting voices and balance in his work. Moore is a provocateur, and "Capitalism" is a Molotov cocktail thrown straight at the heart of the New York Stock Exchange. The impact is spectacular.

This is no eye-glazing tutorial on debt swaps (Moore shows us a tongue-tied Harvard economist unable to explain a derivative). Instead, the film gives us a rollicking review of economic outrages and a scalding critique of insatiable greed. Capitalism isn't just a flawed theory, Moore argues, it's evil, a multiplier of all that is selfish and wrong in human nature. Fingers are pointed, names are named. Democrats take almost as many lumps as Republicans.

We meet families evicted from homes where they have lived for decades, airline pilots paid so little they qualify for food stamps, spouses stunned to learn that ghoulish employers took out secret insurance policies on their loved ones and made millions when they died.

How did the Crisis of '08 come about? Moore rewinds to the heady days of World War II, when government expenditures boosted America's morbid economy, and the 1950s, when single-worker blue-collar households lived well.

Moore's Good Old Days came to a screeching halt when Ronald Reagan brought in Wall Street financier Donald Regan as his first Treasury secretary. Regan was the chief spokesman for the 1981 tax cut, trimming taxes for low-income families while slashing rates for the wealthy. Moore is spare with charts and graphs, but they clearly detail the greatest upward redistribution of wealth in U.S. history. Government connived with big business to reduce financial regulations, and let the captains of the market steer whatever course they chose. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-in-the-news/rich-get-richer-moore-gets-madder

Bring them to the patriotism they know not of.

I adore Micheal standing outside a bank with a bag asking for zillions and saying he has a few more. He has always been my hero.

not only tax the rich, but make damn sure there are enough rules and regulations that they can't siphon the money from the poor, which is what they do at the moment.

Re-instate usury laws, for starters. Make sure there's a level playing field, and make sure that the government does the things that governement was meant to do to ensure the safety of the populace.

:applause:

Well said, eh?

Or maybe even rebel-rousing?

I still have hope.

A horrible blast from the past. I have not heard that man's name mentioned in years and years. :puke: Makes one wonder how one can mention Greenspan and not mention him!

Thank you Michael Moore for reminding us about that one!! :applause:

I really would love to send a message.

,...on behalf of our founders.

There is no reason, whatsoever, to withhold criminal proceedings of fraud: they have made shit up to make money and they should be charged and everything they have taken,...ACROSS ALL FINANCIAL BARRIERS (use the new laws GWB enacted to get to money).

SUE THE MAFIA AND TAKE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO FINANCE HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS!!!

We seem to have used up all our gumption back in the Vietnam days.
Now we just sit around and grouse.

Why pollute this forum with discouragement?

I don't get it.

We have most certainly not used up our gumption and I resent
anyone who tries to convince us that we have.

"Moore rewinds to the heady days of World War II, when government expenditures boosted America's morbid economy, and the 1950s, when single-worker blue-collar households lived well."

system known as the main-stream media aka Corporate media.

Go see the movie. Take your friends to see the movie. Take your right-wing friends to see the movie and buy the tickets for them.

Recommend.

And I'm going to see the movie for the second time today, after seeing it last night. I will take some rw friends to see it too!