You don’t have to rely on the “biased liberal news media” to understand how Republicans have changed our economic system from an effective capitalism to an aristocracy.
Just read this accurate observation from our most prestigious conservative financial publication for serious investors: Barron’s magazine. It was in its Feb. 16, 2004 issue, at the height of George Bush's popularity:
“Bush … is engineering a fundamental change in the tax system. By gradually taking capital out of the tax base through reductions in levies on dividends, capital gains and inheritances, Bush is transforming the income tax into a pure tax on wages.
If Bush can finish his work, the capital gains, dividend and estate taxes may disappear entirely.
How's that for a dictionary definition of an aristocracy? Wealth is inherited, the income from wealth is not taxed, and all taxes are placed on those who actually work for a living.
It’s time we got back to the kind of democratic capitalism that actually made America the great country that it is. Right now, we have a government that lacks the values that are necessary for a civilized society: respect for honest work, decent pay for those at the bottom of our economy, adequate health care and a decent education for all, and so on.
That’s what this website is all about.
…for the same reasons conservatives did it to the New Deal in the 1930s. (more...)
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Read what America's five most prestigious financial publications, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Barron’s and Bloomberg Business Week have been reporting over the years.
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...for election 2020. Voters have been thoroughly conned into believing absurd economic myths. This video was instrumental in convincing even unionized workers into voting for Republicans and against their own best interests.
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...for those of countries like Mexico, China and India. Globalization (unregulated international trade) is a deliberate strategy to give corporations the power to pit nations against each other.
It’s worked beautifully up to now—for investors and corporate executives—but it’s becoming a disaster for everyone else. (more...)