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Countering Race With Class

By David Sirota

In our us-versus-them culture, every political campaign is a battle to define who exactly the “us” and “them” are. Republicans typically say it is natives versus immigrants, Christians versus non-Christians and heartland folks versus Hollywood elites. At their most effective, Democrats parry by defining the “us” as the majority of working people, and the “them” as the tiny group of… return to article

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    “At their most effective, Democrats parry by defining the “us” as the majority of working people, and the “them” as the tiny group of plutocrats who control the country. In recent years, Democrats have stopped making this case for fear of offending their big donors. But this is exactly the argument they must make if they hope to defeat John McCain.”

    This type of reasoning — “What a candidate must say,” is what is wrong with our selection of people to represent us.

    The Democrats (Obama) may say they are for the working people, but it is simply NOT TRUE!  The Democratic “big donors” are the same as the Republicans’ donors — It is time for an overhaul of our elective process, elected and bureaucratic government workers’ pay and benefits and establishing term limits.

    When “those who work for us” have it far better than the average citizen — It’s time for a change like no one has come close to mentioning. If they were receiving remuneration based on the average or even median of their constituents, they would soon solve Social Security/Medicare problems and prescription drugs, minimum wage issues and retirement benefits.

    Democrats controlled congress when NAFTA was pushed through by Clinton and are back in power once again. They are at least as responsible for the sad state of working people in the US, the subprime pay for illegal imigrants and the poor treatment of foreign employees in US expatriate operations in Mexico.

    I have no interest in what either candidate has to say from now until November. It will all be predicated on exactly this kind of strategy.

    The two classes in this country are:

    No. 1.) Corporate/Political leaders
    No. 2.) The rest of us

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    The good news is someone may finally hang for the subprime mess. A scapegoat or two is better than nothing.

    United States Posted by whattheheck on Jun 20, 2008 at 10:38 AM
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