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In reply to the discussion: President Obama: Weekly Address: Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)32. A person has to be interested enough to subscribe to them, but some don't listen as it disturbs the
narratives they've already written in their heads. The result is that they can hold onto cynicism and feel wise while nothing changes. It's a game for them and a self-fulfilling prophecy that costs them nothing.
Years ago then-Senator Barack Obama acknowledged this problem. He didn't have a simple solution though:
The bottom line is that our job is harder than the conservatives' job. After all, it's easy to articulate a belligerent foreign policy based solely on unilateral military action, a policy that sounds tough and acts dumb; it's harder to craft a foreign policy that's tough and smart. It's easy to dismantle government safety nets; it's harder to transform those safety nets so that they work for people and can be paid for. It's easy to embrace a theological absolutism; it's harder to find the right balance between the legitimate role of faith in our lives and the demands of our civic religion. But that's our job. And I firmly believe that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, or oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose. A polarized electorate that is turned off of politics, and easily dismisses both parties because of the nasty, dishonest tone of the debate, works perfectly well for those who seek to chip away at the very idea of government because, in the end, a cynical electorate is a selfish electorate.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/09/30/153069/-Tone-Truth-and-the-Democratic-Party
There are plenty of people who count on you getting cynical and count on you not getting involved so that you dont vote, so you give up. And you cant give into that. America is making progress, despite what the cynics say...
Cynicism is popular these days. Its what passes off as wisdom. But cynics didnt put a man on the moon. Cynics never won a war. Cynics didnt cure a disease, or start a business, or feed a young mind. Cynicism didnt bring about the right for women to vote, or the right for African Americans to be full citizens. Cynicism is a choice.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/10/remarks-president-economy-austin-tx
Please read the Rest:
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-american-freak-out.html
Every word rings true and '...in the end, a cynical electorate is a selfish electorate.'
to Sheshe:
The Great American Freak-Out
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5292216
The weekly addresses are on youtube and iTunes for free. All one has to do is be willing to hear the voice and ideas of the man who was elected, not selected and paid to speak by shadowy entities who spread the message that our future was written years ago.
That's denying living in the present and the urgency of acting to help each other now. It disempowers those who believe it and hands decision making to the Libertarians and corporations.
Years ago then-Senator Barack Obama acknowledged this problem. He didn't have a simple solution though:
The bottom line is that our job is harder than the conservatives' job. After all, it's easy to articulate a belligerent foreign policy based solely on unilateral military action, a policy that sounds tough and acts dumb; it's harder to craft a foreign policy that's tough and smart. It's easy to dismantle government safety nets; it's harder to transform those safety nets so that they work for people and can be paid for. It's easy to embrace a theological absolutism; it's harder to find the right balance between the legitimate role of faith in our lives and the demands of our civic religion. But that's our job. And I firmly believe that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, or oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose. A polarized electorate that is turned off of politics, and easily dismisses both parties because of the nasty, dishonest tone of the debate, works perfectly well for those who seek to chip away at the very idea of government because, in the end, a cynical electorate is a selfish electorate.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/09/30/153069/-Tone-Truth-and-the-Democratic-Party
There are plenty of people who count on you getting cynical and count on you not getting involved so that you dont vote, so you give up. And you cant give into that. America is making progress, despite what the cynics say...
Cynicism is popular these days. Its what passes off as wisdom. But cynics didnt put a man on the moon. Cynics never won a war. Cynics didnt cure a disease, or start a business, or feed a young mind. Cynicism didnt bring about the right for women to vote, or the right for African Americans to be full citizens. Cynicism is a choice.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/10/remarks-president-economy-austin-tx
Please read the Rest:
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-american-freak-out.html
Every word rings true and '...in the end, a cynical electorate is a selfish electorate.'
to Sheshe:
The Great American Freak-Out
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5292216
The weekly addresses are on youtube and iTunes for free. All one has to do is be willing to hear the voice and ideas of the man who was elected, not selected and paid to speak by shadowy entities who spread the message that our future was written years ago.
That's denying living in the present and the urgency of acting to help each other now. It disempowers those who believe it and hands decision making to the Libertarians and corporations.
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And thats the point. Do we want more govt revenue, or rates that make you "feel good".
7962
Jul 2014
#39
There isnt anything wrong with lower rates providing though that the companies actually pay
cstanleytech
Jul 2014
#7
A person has to be interested enough to subscribe to them, but some don't listen as it disturbs the
freshwest
Jul 2014
#32
He also commented that CEO responsibility is not just short term profits for shareholders..
DCBob
Jul 2014
#13
AgreeBut why do teabaggers usually support this corporate crap while claiming to be super patriotic
lunasun
Jul 2014
#16
So tax all money earned in the US, whether taxes are paid on it elsewhere or not.
JDPriestly
Jul 2014
#18
Just make them state they do not pay American taxes on their product or service....
Uben
Jul 2014
#19
Ok Mr. President - Then Close The Loophole With An Executive Order - Then Expose The Fraud In The Courts
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#22