tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post2707298599505198299..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: The Republican RebrandOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-6922929072702842582021-10-23T08:46:28.211-04:002021-10-23T08:46:28.211-04:00Seems to me that's what the super-rich want, T...Seems to me that's what the super-rich want, TB.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-55901373045888186712021-10-22T20:19:07.885-04:002021-10-22T20:19:07.885-04:00With Elon Musk set to become the worlds first Tril...With Elon Musk set to become the worlds first Trillionaire Democracy ,for what's it's worth, is in the toilet!<br />Perhaps the only way to counter the super rich is to have a benevolent dictatorship ?<br /><br /><br />TBTrailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436709163754934547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-88185580245148296712021-10-22T13:36:57.834-04:002021-10-22T13:36:57.834-04:00Teddy was a Republican president, Mound. Oh, how h...Teddy was a Republican president, Mound. Oh, how his party has changed.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-67657895275677860772021-10-22T12:45:47.854-04:002021-10-22T12:45:47.854-04:00John McCain and Democrat Russ Feingold knew that C...John McCain and Democrat Russ Feingold knew that Congress would never be free of this corruption without campaign finance reform to break the hold of corporations and the wealthy over the House and Senate. They were right then. They're right now.<br /><br />"There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short nor an easy task, but it can be done.<br /><br />"It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes; it is still more necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced. Corporate expenditures for political purposes, and especially such expenditures by public-service corporations, have supplied one of the principal sources of corruption in our political affairs. ...The duty of Congress is to provide a method by which the interest of the whole people shall be all that receives consideration."<br /><br /> - T. Roosevelt, August, 1910.<br />The Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-82415799237210786382021-10-22T11:53:22.218-04:002021-10-22T11:53:22.218-04:00They'll happily use the infrastructure, PoV. B...They'll happily use the infrastructure, PoV. But they want a free ride.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-27297037708304754552021-10-22T11:30:52.579-04:002021-10-22T11:30:52.579-04:00PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain)
These c...PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain)<br /><br />These countries never had the tax base the of France/Germany and other North European nations. Even their modest tax regimes were scammed by the wealthy who have never 'paid their share'.<br /><br />Hence their ongoing challenges (failures?) inside the Euro.<br /><br />Now the rest of the west is running in their direction - in a race to the bottom. The USA is winning this one.<br />Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-26723228796035022002021-10-22T10:05:16.133-04:002021-10-22T10:05:16.133-04:00If you have enough money, Cap, you can buy more th...If you have enough money, Cap, you can buy more than things. You can buy people.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-4831210424479143252021-10-22T09:49:38.525-04:002021-10-22T09:49:38.525-04:00As Leona Helmsley said, "We don't pay tax...As Leona Helmsley said, "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes." Of course, she went to jail for not paying taxes, but that was before budget cuts hobbled investigations into high-fliers. Still, true to form, Leona served only 19 months of a 16-year sentence. The rich really aren't like you and me. <br /><br />Cap<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com