Matthew Fleischer: A Day at the Lincoln Club

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Thursday November 01, 2012 · 1:45 PM PDT

2012/11/01 · 13:45

Subtitle: My lunch with the group behind Citizens United and Proposition 32.

Ever wondered what it takes to infiltrate the infamous Cali-Republican kingmaker group? Wonder no further:

1: Look the part (wear suit).
2. Act natural (for best results).
3. Regurgitate freemarketeer rhetoric.
4. gush about Lincoln Club activities.

It's that easy! Read More

Mark Ames: The Romney Family, LDS, and the Mormon Welfare Plan

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Tuesday October 23, 2012 · 7:01 PM PDT

2012/10/23 · 19:01

Deep within the bowels of Salt Lake City, Mark Ames is on a fact finding mission, uncovering the murky history of the LDS and the Romney family's role in the religion. It is a long, self-chosen hell for him. A hell that he may extend after the election if Mitt Romney wins. A hell he may even reside in, maybe creating a "Mormon Caliphate" of his own.

In these two installments, Mark happens upon Welfare Square, and tours it. What he found is a historical trove of Romney family connections and Anti-New Deal politics that would make Herbert Hoover proud, all under the banner of the Mormon Welfare Plan.

Without giving too much away:

ROMNEY'S "UNCLE WELFARE" >> Deep in the heart of Mormon country, our Senior Editor discovers Mitt's shameful family secret /

A KINGDOM OF MOOCHERS >> Today, the Mormon church gives a smaller percentage of its annual income to charity than Dow Chemical or Morgan Stanley /

There's a time limit to read these two posts, so hop to it!

Nyerd's take: If Mitt Romney wins, expect him to slowly privatize SS/Medicare/Foodstamps/unemployment insurance, destroy participation rates and risk pools, and dump a ticking time bomb on the next administration. Possible net result: Church based and charity programs start looking good --- even though they are completely incapable of handling such demand. Get your grovelling voice ready, this will hurt.

Nyerd

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Thursday October 18, 2012 · 11:40 AM PDT

2012/10/18 · 11:40

I caught an article from The Nation, reporting that the Americans for Prosperity (A Koch front group) is wooing potential motor-voters by offering to cover a large portion of their Gasoline bill, making the effective rate of $1.84/gal, up to 15 gallons for the first 100-150 people. This rate is symbolic - it's the Jan 2009 rate, when Obama took office, specifically meant to highlight how much Obama is ruining the economy by being unfriendly to oil exploration interests, and by being a screw-up of sorts.

But that's not all, phone bank 30 hrs or more for AFP and receive shiny gadgets. Whoopee!

Obvious bullshit aside, I can't help but notice the similarities between the Kochs and your run-of-the-mill drug dealers. Dealers sell the best stuff cheap to get you hooked, then sell mediocre stuff to keep you coming. Here, the Koch's sell free-market Libertarian fantasies (primo stuff!), and then want you on your knees as an active participant in their sadomasochistic Republican reality. When they're done with you, they might stop speculating us all to death. We just gotta grovel like we mean it.

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Matthew Fleischer: A Day at the Lincoln Club

Mark Ames: The Romney Family, LDS, and the Mormon Welfare Plan

Koch Bros. GOTV like drug dealers.