tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post1086049844795572751..comments2024-03-28T04:13:36.779-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Dennis Marker — Teaching People to Hate Their Own Govt. Is at the Core of the Project to Destroy the Middle Classmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-45618607616386740292012-08-27T16:36:54.694-04:002012-08-27T16:36:54.694-04:00What a silly exercise! As if anyone or any group s...What a silly exercise! As if anyone or any group should be suspicious of and distrust the government! It is laughable.<br /><br />Government <b>always</b> looks out for the public interest and produces regulations that maximize benefits to society as a whole whether using conservative or progressive value sets.<br /><br />With corporations, there is no question about their narrow interests, they want to sell and make money. Thats it.Ryan Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815033054435303399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-1239318257422143082012-08-27T09:40:20.088-04:002012-08-27T09:40:20.088-04:00I know! You would have to be brainwashed to think ...I know! You would have to be brainwashed to think that a government that wants to slash SS and Medicare and give tax cuts for the rich is acting in the average American's best interests. Comedian Bill Maher said that the Teabaggers are the 1%'s useful idiots, and he's right. They pick on less educated Americans, often from rural areas and who are devout Christians, because they are so much easier to manipulate. They don't have an education in science or economics, nor even a culture that values education, and don't realise how ridiculous the GOP's lies are. They are impervious to basic facts, such as that it was Bush who ran up the national debt, and who was in charge when the housing bubble happened. Honestly, this is straight out of a dystopian sci-fi novelBfOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-78838910295637510852012-08-26T18:16:20.230-04:002012-08-26T18:16:20.230-04:00Goldwater with the right?Goldwater with the right?Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-64564564443029582052012-08-26T17:44:15.969-04:002012-08-26T17:44:15.969-04:00maybe the left Tom, I think reagan started it with... maybe the left Tom, I think reagan started it with the right... looks like the goal of the operation included getting both legacy political sides to distrust/dislike "government"... rsp,Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-21192634496419566122012-08-26T17:31:15.042-04:002012-08-26T17:31:15.042-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17763994914034770622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-11723273381209344162012-08-26T17:03:52.367-04:002012-08-26T17:03:52.367-04:00I think you are correct about that, Dan. Nixon'...I think you are correct about that, Dan. Nixon's imperial presidency pretensions really pissed a lot of people off and his unilateral action in expanding an unpopular war really set things off. It was the bombing of Cambodia that sparked the uprising that shut down the universities across the country. This is when the anti-war and anti-government movement really got traction.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-4211126103260223192012-08-26T17:00:09.762-04:002012-08-26T17:00:09.762-04:00I think Marker is a little off though in marking t...I think Marker is a little off though in marking the beginning of the problem in the Reagan Revolution. People had already started to hate the government because of Vietnam. Watergate added to it. Iraq has dug the whole even deeper.<br /><br />The anti-democratic imperial drive away from openness and self-government, the emphasis on domination abroad in place of excellence and home, and the unleashing of unregulated US corporate power on a global scale in pursuit of the wealth of the few, all are part of the problem.<br /><br />We need a cultural and political revolution to reestablish democratic government and build social solidarity, equality and national capability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-43872707263845288812012-08-26T16:50:47.585-04:002012-08-26T16:50:47.585-04:00Trixie, you and I are so on the same wavelength..
...Trixie, you and I are <i>so</i> on the same wavelength..<br /><br />We really need to get the young generation to get beyond the urge to escape from the government, and develop the drive to become the government.<br /><br />I hope they are taking some time today to reflect on Neil Armstrong and what he represented in America: a democratic people that actually ventured great things and did them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-48862847594213521902012-08-26T16:28:27.148-04:002012-08-26T16:28:27.148-04:00Agree Trixie,
Too many anarcho-Libertarians in ou...Agree Trixie,<br /><br />Too many anarcho-Libertarians in our population these days...<br /><br />rsp,Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-24709791983536615132012-08-26T15:58:21.863-04:002012-08-26T15:58:21.863-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17763994914034770622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-58350719320642702152012-08-26T15:17:28.735-04:002012-08-26T15:17:28.735-04:00IBG-YBG is the modus operandi du jour. They figure...IBG-YBG is the modus operandi du jour. They figure there's enough left to grab for the rest of their lives and let the kids take care of themselves if there is anything left.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-94667073496941652012-08-26T15:09:49.529-04:002012-08-26T15:09:49.529-04:00This follows the strategy of "this pond is al...This follows the strategy of "this pond is all fished out ... time to move on."<br /><br />Where do the robbers imagine going, after the USA is destroyed?<br /><br />As usual, their train of thought is always still boarding at the getaway station.Roger Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515506247888521516noreply@blogger.com