Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Conservative Media and the Milking of the Republican Party
Do the Conservative Media Think of Their Audience as an ATM Machine? | Alternet
Major players have allowed their pursuit of personal wealth (and ego) to take precedence over larger political goals; that elements of the conservative movement resemble a me-first, moneymaking "racket," where lining ones pockets stands out as the key objective. The nasty "racket" accusation highlights what's happened as Republicans have handed over more and more of their branding and marketing to media personalities whose ultimate barometers of success (ratings and personal income) differ from those who run political parties (getting candidates elected to office).
Major players have allowed their pursuit of personal wealth (and ego) to take precedence over larger political goals; that elements of the conservative movement resemble a me-first, moneymaking "racket," where lining ones pockets stands out as the key objective. The nasty "racket" accusation highlights what's happened as Republicans have handed over more and more of their branding and marketing to media personalities whose ultimate barometers of success (ratings and personal income) differ from those who run political parties (getting candidates elected to office).
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Romney's Greatest Deception on Taxation
Romney's Greatest Deception
While observers have rightly pointed out that most Americans work hard and take responsibility for their circumstances, less attention has been devoted to the deceptive premise behind Romney's remarks, namely that government redistributes wealth downward from the rich to the poor. In fact, our taxation system funnels money from the bottom up to the top.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Confessions of a Former Republican
Tomgram: Jeremiah Goulka, Confessions of a Former Republican | TomDispatch
Goulka’s is a tale of how one man left a party that, in recent years, has had, in Jonathan Schell’s pungent phrase, “a will to fantasy,” and embarked on a hard-won trip into reality. There are so many more such stories in our country. Maybe someday some political convention will have the nerve to celebrate some of them.
Goulka’s is a tale of how one man left a party that, in recent years, has had, in Jonathan Schell’s pungent phrase, “a will to fantasy,” and embarked on a hard-won trip into reality. There are so many more such stories in our country. Maybe someday some political convention will have the nerve to celebrate some of them.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Republican Policy's Role in the National Debt
Republican National Convention: The one graph you need to see before watching
... the idea is to blame President Obama and the Democrats for the national debt.
But in doing so, the Republicans will end up blaming Obama for the policies they pushed in the Bush years, and the recession that began on a Republican president’s watch, and a continuation of tax cuts that they supported. They’ll have to. Because if they took all that off the debt clock, there wouldn’t be much debt there to blame him for at all.
... the idea is to blame President Obama and the Democrats for the national debt.
But in doing so, the Republicans will end up blaming Obama for the policies they pushed in the Bush years, and the recession that began on a Republican president’s watch, and a continuation of tax cuts that they supported. They’ll have to. Because if they took all that off the debt clock, there wouldn’t be much debt there to blame him for at all.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Mitt Romney’s Offshore Accounts, Tax Loopholes, and Mysterious I.R.A. I.R.A. | Politics | Vanity Fair
Investigation: Mitt Romney’s Offshore Accounts, Tax Loopholes, and Mysterious I.R.A. | Politics | Vanity Fair
For all Mitt Romney’s touting of his business record, when it comes to his own money the Republican nominee is remarkably shy about disclosing numbers and investments. Nicholas Shaxson delves into the murky world of offshore finance, revealing loopholes that allow the very wealthy to skirt tax laws, and investigating just how much of Romney’s fortune (with $30 million in Bain Capital funds in the Cayman Islands alone?) looks pretty strange for a presidential candidate.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
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