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"If I favor the first, I'm more beholden to my corporate overlords. If I favor the second, the country's spiral towards bankruptcy will speed up." Didn't the
by muhfuhkuh 15y ago
"If I favor the first, I'm more beholden to my corporate overlords.
If I favor the second, the country's spiral towards bankruptcy will speed up."
Didn't the "spiral towards bankruptcy" really put the pedal to the metal when Reagan doubled-down on nukes, pushed lower top-line tax rates, and doubled the national debt and deficit at once?
And, for the record, both parties are beholden to corporate overlords. Just a matter of degree. I fall in the "commerce with regulations and literally promote the general welfare" side of the fence, and so I fall in the democratic camp.
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoYou are, of course, correct. When I ponder these things holistically, I do tend to think about the parties in terms of what they say their goals are (which, even if everything else about them turns my stomach, the Tea Party has at least raised dichotomy to a level of real discussion). When it actually comes time to vote, those holistic views are chucked in favor of what the candidates are actually saying. In that context, there has rarely been a group not in the second category. It also explains why my voting for the last few elections has tended to lean more towards Democrats, even though I have so many philosophical issues with the party.