Jim Stillman
Randy InmanGOP politicians give “Conservatives” a bad name.
July 14th 2008 16:18
Over the past year or so, I have written a number of articles in which I deplored the ways in which the conservative movement in the United States had lost its way, from a responsible brake against the too radical and activist inclinations of liberals. Having two counter-balancing philosophy of governing resulted in a general moderate centrist mode of governing, one to which the vast majority of Americans would find comfortable.
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Now, Phil Gramm, chief advisor to Senator McCain and honcho of the candidate’s economic plans and positions, asserts that the economy is doing just well, thank you, and anyone who doubts this (say a family whose mortgage is being foreclosed after losing employment when an employer for twenty years decides to transfer jobs to India, thus saving stockholders some money and increasing the value of the stock) is delusional, a whiner and unpatriotic. As Bill Scher, writing in the Huffington Post, states,
…this is does not make Gramm uniquely callous. It just makes him a conservative.
For several years, conservatives have been mightily trying to insist the economy tastes great, so shut up and eat it.
In all fairness, Senator McCain promptly disavowed any agreement with the Gramm musing, stating quite correctly, “The person here in Michigan that just lost his job isn’t suffering a mental recession.”
Notwithstanding this repudiation, the guiding principle of modern conservatism is consistent, fundamental elitism. Make no mistake. Gramm is conservatism.
It is precisely his attitude that has shaped conservative economic policies throughout the Bush Era: massive tax giveaways to those earning more than $250,000.; no investment to make education, clean energy and health insurance affordable to all citizens and businesses; no effective oversight of irresponsible corporations plundering the middle-class.
I understand why the wealthy support the GOP philosophy, why Rush thinks it fine. I do not get why people living one paycheck away or one illness away from foreclosure or repossession of their car get caught up in the conservative madness.
With the Bush era ending, the choice is ours whether we want to continue being condescended to by conservatism in the coming years, or decide it is time for a progressive vision that puts our government and economy back in our own hands.
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Now, Phil Gramm, chief advisor to Senator McCain and honcho of the candidate’s economic plans and positions, asserts that the economy is doing just well, thank you, and anyone who doubts this (say a family whose mortgage is being foreclosed after losing employment when an employer for twenty years decides to transfer jobs to India, thus saving stockholders some money and increasing the value of the stock) is delusional, a whiner and unpatriotic. As Bill Scher, writing in the Huffington Post, states,
…this is does not make Gramm uniquely callous. It just makes him a conservative.
For several years, conservatives have been mightily trying to insist the economy tastes great, so shut up and eat it.
In all fairness, Senator McCain promptly disavowed any agreement with the Gramm musing, stating quite correctly, “The person here in Michigan that just lost his job isn’t suffering a mental recession.”
Notwithstanding this repudiation, the guiding principle of modern conservatism is consistent, fundamental elitism. Make no mistake. Gramm is conservatism.
It is precisely his attitude that has shaped conservative economic policies throughout the Bush Era: massive tax giveaways to those earning more than $250,000.; no investment to make education, clean energy and health insurance affordable to all citizens and businesses; no effective oversight of irresponsible corporations plundering the middle-class.
I understand why the wealthy support the GOP philosophy, why Rush thinks it fine. I do not get why people living one paycheck away or one illness away from foreclosure or repossession of their car get caught up in the conservative madness.
With the Bush era ending, the choice is ours whether we want to continue being condescended to by conservatism in the coming years, or decide it is time for a progressive vision that puts our government and economy back in our own hands.
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Comment by Jim Stillman
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Stop beating around the bush [Bush?].
How do you really feel?
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We had to swallow similar in Australia when our conservative party was Government too.
Janet