tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post4113415257947424091..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: HEY, RICH PEOPLE: REMEMBER THOSE PITCHFORK-WIELDING RADICALS YOU FEARED? THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE VOTING TRUMP.Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-28549929589997163452016-01-22T07:46:27.261-05:002016-01-22T07:46:27.261-05:00So, Mr. Hanauer, what do you propose "to fix ...So, Mr. Hanauer, what do you propose "to fix the glaring inequities in this economy"? Are you in favor of raising the minimum wage? Investing in public education? Putting people to work by rebuilding infrastructure? When I see plutocrats support real solutions to inequality, not just setting up vanity tax-break foundations for pet causes, I'll take their concerns seriously.Rugosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348056243298249939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-35028561287719062802016-01-21T22:37:57.892-05:002016-01-21T22:37:57.892-05:00I feel like we should be buying futures in Defarge...I feel like we should be buying futures in Defarge Custom Knitwear.Feud Turgidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379322096770703017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-10741640939368170972016-01-21T22:24:24.181-05:002016-01-21T22:24:24.181-05:00Many observers trace the very genesis of the self-...Many observers trace the very genesis of the self-proclaimed "Tea Party movement" to a famous rant by CNBC reporter Rick Santelli <i>on the trading floor of the Chicago stock market</i> against making mom and pop mortgage victims whole. Even then, David Sirota called it out at the time as Davos denizens shamelessly co-opting the populist anger and redirecting it against their own interests. They own the media and the money, so they can tell the pitchforks which way to point.<br /><br />"...the question is the same question that’s always been at the heart of economic politics: Which side are you on? And the answer, if you look at the hard data, is that most Americans are Grassroots Populists: those who think Wall Street and the government are colluding to rip off taxpayers, and who think the crumbs of aid for so-called “losers” that Santelli is ragging on is way too small — not way too much.<br /><br />The gap, of course, is in the portrayal. If you watch television or read op-ed pages, the Market Populists get most of the attention. Indeed, Market Populism is portrayed as the “centrist” mainstream sentiment in the United States. . . . Meanwhile, Grassroots Populism — ie. seething populist anger at Corporate America — is depicted as the ideology only of a tiny fringe."Chai T. Ch'uanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956478299220539612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-84952355157153465942016-01-21T15:56:08.833-05:002016-01-21T15:56:08.833-05:00The GOP front runners followers "think" ...The GOP front runners followers "think" that one day they will be the billionaire ...they will win the lottery or something.<br /><br />At least they won't be Black or Brown ...<br /><br />Maybe they will get chosen like the half-baked Alaskan (was that a glass slipper?).<br /><br /> Gerald Parkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086005170803865460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-53991481973281690382016-01-21T14:47:29.507-05:002016-01-21T14:47:29.507-05:00So, these fat cats should let some of that wealth ...So, these fat cats should let some of that wealth "trickle down" and relieve some of the stress. The problem is that they won't or can't because wealth and even more wealth is their goal and it's an addiction with huge competition among them. Greed will not stop on its own.retiredenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11693405694592881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-14838125730224032822016-01-21T14:30:24.067-05:002016-01-21T14:30:24.067-05:00It's a common anecdote amoung those who pay at...It's a common anecdote amoung those who pay attention to those sort of things that Marie Antoinette and her cohort had no idea what was coming.<br /><br />Not unlike the fat merchant class bourgeoisie of <i>Dr Zhivago</i>, sitting around comfortably sipping good wine, praising literature and music, and pontificating on what they would do if they were running the world.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.com