History of GOP as the Party of the Rich

Perhaps I just missed it, but I have seen nothing about this article from Rolling Stone Magazine in this form. For me, the interest lies in the history of how the GOP has involved over the years in its tax policies.

Cloaking himself in the language of class warfare, he calls on a hostile Congress to end wasteful tax breaks for the rich. "We're going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that allow some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share," he thunders to a crowd in Georgia. Such tax loopholes, he adds, "sometimes made it possible for millionaires to pay nothing, while a bus driver was paying 10 percent of his salary – and that's crazy."

Preacherlike, the president draws the crowd into a call-and-response. "Do you think the millionaire ought to pay more in taxes than the bus driver," he demands, "or less?"

The crowd, sounding every bit like the protesters from Occupy Wall Street, roars back: "MORE!"

The year was 1985. The president was Ronald Wilson Reagan.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/ne ... h-20111109

2wlady wrote: Perhaps I just missed it, but I have seen nothing about this article from Rolling Stone Magazine in this form. For me, the interest lies in the history of how the GOP has involved over the years in its tax policies.

Cloaking himself in the language of class warfare, he calls on a hostile Congress to end wasteful tax breaks for the rich. "We're going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that allow some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share," he thunders to a crowd in Georgia. Such tax loopholes, he adds, "sometimes made it possible for millionaires to pay nothing, while a bus driver was paying 10 percent of his salary – and that's crazy."

Preacherlike, the president draws the crowd into a call-and-response. "Do you think the millionaire ought to pay more in taxes than the bus driver," he demands, "or less?"

The crowd, sounding every bit like the protesters from Occupy Wall Street, roars back: "MORE!"

The year was 1985. The president was Ronald Wilson Reagan.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/ne ... h-20111109

Yes, LJ posted this a couple weeks ago and we proved the article totally wrong with the Dems really being the party of the rich with 8 of 10 states that have the most millionaires, and 9 of 11 states with the most billionaires all being Democratis states and the majority of the wealthiest are Dems. And the Republicans giving so much more back to their communites and to charities.

Both parties have become parties of the powerful which translates to parties of the rich. Once again, distract, divide, conquer. Sweet Lord but you folks make it easy.

chickaree wrote: Both parties have become parties of the powerful which translates to parties of the rich. Once again, distract, divide, conquer. Sweet Lord but you folks make it easy.

Another closet "DemoSocie" pretending to divide blame equally.

The true distraction would be the Socialist hiding behind AND funding those poor losers "occupying" everything.

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DemoSocie????
Do you all EVER get tired of labeling people who don't fall lock step with your political beliefs? Sheesh!

Photo-fish wrote: DemoSocie????
Do you all EVER get tired of labeling people who don't fall lock step with your political beliefs? Sheesh!

Have you LOOKED at the economy in the socialist policy Democrat run states as compared to the Republican controlled and run states? Voting Democrat to run your state is commiting economic suicide. Perfect word for it should be Democide.

You can make up titles all you want, but I am one of the very few old school conservatives on here. Most of the other right wingers on here seem to be determined to silence all voices but their own. That is so incredibly counter to what the foumders had in mind as to border on treason. The hateful behavior by some on the right has become a personal cause for me. I'd love to see someone on the left as willing to call out the bad behavior of other liberals but I can't blame them as you end up with everyone on both sides calling you stupid names like Demosocie. Sounds like a sock puppet which is what most of the right wing posters here have become, mindlessly mouthing talking points that they don't seem to understand or be capable of intelligently debating without resorting to personal attacks and name calling.

chickaree wrote: You can make up titles all you want, but I am one of the very few old school conservatives on here. Most of the other right wingers on here seem to be determined to silence all voices but their own. That is so incredibly counter to what the foumders had in mind as to border on treason. The hateful behavior by some on the right has become a personal cause for me. I'd love to see someone on the left as willing to call out the bad behavior of other liberals but I can't blame them as you end up with everyone on both sides calling you stupid names like Demosocie. Sounds like a sock puppet which is what most of the right wing posters here have become, mindlessly mouthing talking points that they don't seem to understand or be capable of intelligently debating without resorting to personal attacks and name calling.

You are totally wrong. We are not trying to silence anyone. We are just trying to educate them.

The Viking wrote:

chickaree wrote: You can make up titles all you want, but I am one of the very few old school conservatives on here. Most of the other right wingers on here seem to be determined to silence all voices but their own. That is so incredibly counter to what the foumders had in mind as to border on treason. The hateful behavior by some on the right has become a personal cause for me. I'd love to see someone on the left as willing to call out the bad behavior of other liberals but I can't blame them as you end up with everyone on both sides calling you stupid names like Demosocie. Sounds like a sock puppet which is what most of the right wing posters here have become, mindlessly mouthing talking points that they don't seem to understand or be capable of intelligently debating without resorting to personal attacks and name calling.

You are totally wrong. We are not trying to silence anyone. We are just trying to educate them.

You don't educate with ad hominem attacks and name calling. You educate with rational debate supported by facts. I see woefully little of that here.