Who are the undeserving "others" benefiting from expanded government actions?

(Blog Post) It is true that the federal government embraces redistributive policies and that middle-class income is seized in order that "someone else benefits." But so obviously, that "someone else" who is benefiting is not the poor and lower classes -- who continue to get poorer as the numbers living below the poverty line expand and the rich-poor gap grows in the U.S. to unprecedented proportions. The "someone else" that is benefiting from Washington policies are ... Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Glenn Greenwald, NewsRack (Afghanistan)
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Subjects: Politics, U.S., Business, Health
Member Tags: government corruption, class warfare
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Posted by: via NewsRack - Sep 14, 2009 - 10:39 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Sep 15, 2009 - 10:22 AM PDT

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by Jim Lang - Sep. 15, 2009

This opinion piece starts with the premise that tea party protesters are justified in their rage concerning their hard earned money being taken for the benefit of "others" -- but that the "others" that are benefitting aren't the have-nots that the protesters appear to detest but instead are the business moguls who seem to just get richer. It goes from there into sweeping generalities about the evils of right wing ideology and about both Republicans and Democrats being in the pocket ... More »

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by Richard McIlnay - Sep. 15, 2009

I agree with Greenwald that too many of the angry people are angry at the wrong persons. The essence of democracy is no the vote, but the people ... More »

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