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daredtowork

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105. Yeah I understand the weaselwording in "redistribution"

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 04:46 AM

Nov 2014

And that Republicans use tax policy to redistribute to the 1% all the time (so that the ill-gotten goods will trickle down...).

It's precisely because this was a blatant redistribution that I think it should be okay to be up front about redistributing some of the money more equitably across society.

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Greider: The trouble started when the party abandoned its working-class base. [View all] madfloridian Nov 2014 OP

Cannot K&R this hard enough or often enough!! hifiguy Nov 2014 #1

I find myself wondering what effect the war on public education.... madfloridian Nov 2014 #2

It's left us with CrispyQ Nov 2014 #24

Let me speculate on what might be making it difficult for Democrats to win daredtowork Nov 2014 #3

The big three are hifiguy Nov 2014 #4

Read the post at your link. madfloridian Nov 2014 #6

Thank you for your kind smilie. hifiguy Nov 2014 #7

I'll join you in that toast.. hear, here! 2banon Nov 2014 #19

oh god, I almost wish I hadn't have looked daredtowork Nov 2014 #8

Powerful post, hifiguy. Needs to be an OP, imo. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2014 #11

Sank without a trace last week hifiguy Nov 2014 #13

infrastructure is not the only way to re-distribute hfojvt Nov 2014 #85

Yeah I understand the weaselwording in "redistribution" daredtowork Nov 2014 #105

Obama and Clinton, the DLC/Third Way, and all the "New" Democrats .. blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #5

+1000 n/t MissDeeds Nov 2014 #57

Dead fucking on. K&R TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #9

Gee. Maybe Hillary can save us. Hoppy Nov 2014 #10

Some people can find humor in anything. bvar22 Nov 2014 #14

We're just lucky she survived the sniper fire in Elbonia. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #27

Elbonia? I thought it was hifiguy Nov 2014 #41

No, no no arikara Nov 2014 #71

Not only have they crept away from the blue-collar base, but Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 #12

Absolutely theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #52

They have been trying to lure in right wingers AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #73

+1 Marr Nov 2014 #75

Agree with your basic points and the OP especially re disaffected, many lost blue-collar workers. appalachiablue Nov 2014 #94

I'm sure the kings of condescension will not look kindly on this post... KG Nov 2014 #15

That's okay. madfloridian Nov 2014 #16

I took a year off as well hifiguy Nov 2014 #17

How can you tell how many have you on Ignore? Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #29

I don't think it is there anymore. madfloridian Nov 2014 #33

I think I had about a dozen. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #34

Your POWER is greatly to be feared ... Yo_Mama Nov 2014 #61

"an agenda that has pretty strong appeal" madfloridian Nov 2014 #67

They are yapping away to no effect. Rex Nov 2014 #102

I'm not sure why 'progressive' writers still push the 'Clinton financialization' myth wyldwolf Nov 2014 #18

So the drift away from the people started earlier than that. madfloridian Nov 2014 #20

Your 'hijack' statement is debatable. Edit: Found the link wyldwolf Nov 2014 #23

Infiltrated a better word? madfloridian Nov 2014 #38

Actually that's even more debatable wyldwolf Nov 2014 #39

You can play word games and nitpick about which is best. madfloridian Nov 2014 #44

I'm doing neither. Just providing some historical reference. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #50

hmm... chervilant Nov 2014 #54

hmmm... wyldwolf Nov 2014 #55

Wow... chervilant Nov 2014 #78

No, you said "uber wealthy corporate megalomaniacs." wyldwolf Nov 2014 #80

Bleh... chervilant Nov 2014 #82

LOL. Thought so. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #84

So predictable... chervilant Nov 2014 #103

yeah I know, right? That kind of revolutionary rhetoric sounds so cartoonish. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #104

Hello, for a wee mo... chervilant Nov 2014 #106

I knew you'd miss me. wyldwolf Nov 2014 #107

Even with MSM calling the game plays and declaring winners for us? Come on, clearly they are the mother earth Nov 2014 #79

Examples? wyldwolf Nov 2014 #81

Yay! More bashing of progressives LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #92

They didn't "abandon" them. They used, and are using, their labor and wealth to inflate the assets jtuck004 Nov 2014 #21

Now that's a good point. madfloridian Nov 2014 #64

mark for tomorrow rurallib Nov 2014 #22

I can only imagine if the Dem party would have embraced the 99% movement. IMAGINE ...is the key word L0oniX Nov 2014 #25

I absolutely agree! jopacaco Nov 2014 #26

When we won in 06 and 08, the day after the election they called for post-partisanship. madfloridian Nov 2014 #45

Well, now that Harry Reid is in charge, things will get better... Android3.14 Nov 2014 #28

K/R x100 840high Nov 2014 #30

It's been a fiasco. K&R Jefferson23 Nov 2014 #31

Greider's piece is a must read. pa28 Nov 2014 #32

"I don't think they care about winning again" madfloridian Nov 2014 #37

My stomach turned tonight watching Chris Matthews October Nov 2014 #35

I had to quit watching him several years ago. madfloridian Nov 2014 #40

He gushes over Rand Paul AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #76

Centrist are to blame 4dsc Nov 2014 #36

Centrists abandon everyone AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #77

Much of the Working Class Abandoned the Democratic Party First AndyTiedye Nov 2014 #42

You can not blame Reagan for the policies our party supports now. madfloridian Nov 2014 #43

Precise analysis. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #46

Kick, recommend, and pray for things to change Wella Nov 2014 #47

Rather interesting assessment of the left, liberals, and the middle. Liberal Moonbat blog. madfloridian Nov 2014 #48

That was interesting, to say the least. nt LWolf Nov 2014 #60

They were bought by big business and Wall Street. Kablooie Nov 2014 #49

Thank you for this chervilant Nov 2014 #51

Great thread theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #53

Excellent post again, mad!!!! wavesofeuphoria Nov 2014 #56

They sold us out to the corporations alarimer Nov 2014 #58

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Nov 2014 #59

This rang so true to my ears Yo_Mama Nov 2014 #62

Again. You bring us things we need to see. Thank you. Jakes Progress Nov 2014 #63

3 great links, thank you! That paragraph by Brenner is so true. madfloridian Nov 2014 #72

"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to" Jakes Progress Nov 2014 #108

The Republicans didn't marginalize their angriest, we did Babel_17 Nov 2014 #65

It's worrisome to me how little turnout we had Tsiyu Nov 2014 #66

Concur 100% colsohlibgal Nov 2014 #68

Bookmarked! Martin Eden Nov 2014 #69

Absolutely and Wall Street is pulling the same old trick they have always pulled. gordianot Nov 2014 #70

He's asbolutely spot-on. Clinton and the corporate faction of the Democratic Party Marr Nov 2014 #74

Financial deregulation via Rubin of Citi whose head Sandy Weil had long called for it was also appalachiablue Nov 2014 #97

Here in the deep south, the working class base is pretty solidly Republican. n/t cheapdate Nov 2014 #83

Crush the Unions, hurt the Middle Class! Period! wolfie001 Nov 2014 #86

The problem is that the working class abandoned Democrats in the 70s. Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #87

All I ever hear from the democrats in Washington is middle class, middle class, ...... Hotler Nov 2014 #88

Working class women and minorities overwhelmingly vote Democratic YoungDemCA Nov 2014 #89

Not necessarily madfloridian Nov 2014 #91

What would Goldman think of that? Octafish Nov 2014 #90

Because Money LondonReign2 Nov 2014 #93

no more CLINTONS. bbgrunt Nov 2014 #95

There's also the popular game amongst the Beltway Villagers called "Kick the Hippie". Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #96

'Kick the Hippie'? Is that a fact. Fightin' words to this WDC resident. Care to elaborate? appalachiablue Nov 2014 #98

That's where everyone laughs and pats each other on the back as they reject liberal ideas. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #100

Well, buying politicians isn't cheap and the working class can't afford them. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #99

K&R! n/t Kermitt Gribble Nov 2014 #101