Rebranding "Trickle Down Economics" to “Don’t Tax the Job Creators”

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Tuesday November 01, 2011 · 6:01 PM PDT

2011/11/01 · 18:01

During these past 30 years I have repeatedly ask myself how Republicans continually get US citizens to advocate policies and tax laws which are not in their best interest. A great example of this is their current stand to not increase taxes on the wealthy because they are the “Job Creators”. Oh yes, they have rebranded “Trickle Down Economics” to “Don’t Tax the Job Creators”. It is interesting in that neither the Democrats nor the media have called them out on this rebranding program. You know that I am no political science guru and if I have taken note of this then I am sure that the wiz kids in the Democratic party have also taken note of this. I guess one question is why haven’t the Democrats called the Republicans out on this? This probably indicates that the Democrats don’t want to address the issue of raising taxes on the “Job Creators” because they fear that it will hurt donations from wealthy individuals and this has caused the Democrats to suffer from political rigamortis when it comes to being on the side of the middle class and defending the poor. Just think Mr. / Mrs. Democratic candidate if you were able to get people you represent in your districts/states to contribute $5 / $10 / $20 to your campaign the amount of money you would raise would send the special interests back to where they belong because the kind of money they would have to contribute to effect the outcome of elections would hurt their profitability and subsequently the price of their stocks. Problem solved right, well of course not because raising money from small donors is hard in this economy which is why the Democrats are not taking on this issue aggressively like they should. The real answer is go the small donor route anyway. I think that democrats will be surprised at the results and the big money will still hedge it bets on both sides of the isle.

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Monday December 10, 2007 · 8:26 PM PST

2007/12/10 · 20:26

The case for delivery of heath care services facilitated by commercial enterprises in a capitalistic based free market economy, i.e. capitalism, has been made based on the belief that the competition promotes innovation and better productivity which will improve the quality of the services provided and lower the costs. However, the requirement that high profit levels need to be maintained in order for commercial medical healthcare service providers to garner the capital investment required to provide the facilities, technologies, and resources needed to deliver cost efficient heathcare services is based on the fact that factors outside of what is considered free market economics govern the industry. The profit levels attained by US healthcare service providers have apparently fallen short of that required to overcome the risk of making such investments in a free market economy and as a result the costs of heathcare services have escalated out of control for over 15 years.

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Friday November 16, 2007 · 9:16 AM PST

2007/11/16 · 09:16

I started my professional career as an engineer in "Alternate Energy Research" and I have always had an interest in the development of energy sources based on technologies which employ "Direct Energy Conversion", e.g. Photovoltaic conversion of sunlight to an electric current, instead of hydrocarbon combustion. President Carter thought it was in our, i.e. the US, strategic best interest to develop energy sources which are independent of the crude oil reserves used to meet our energy consumption needs back in 1979 and I agreed with him then and now. The problem is and has been, at least for the past 30+ years, the development of technologies which provide alternative sources of energy is not in the best interest of the countries and businesses involved in the production and distribution of crude oil. This inherent conflict of interest has resulted in crude oil suppliers and their US corporate surrogates artificially lowering the price of crude oil to stimulate demand and block the investments required for development / production of energy from sources other than oil. This strategy has worked for more than 30 years and has resulted in an exploding US trade deficit, reducing the standard of living in the US, and exposing the US to well financed / state sponsored terrorist organizations.

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Thursday November 15, 2007 · 7:27 AM PST

2007/11/15 · 07:27

Bush's Labor Department reported that consumer prices rose 0.3% in October/2007. They also reported that consumer prices are rising at an annual rate of 3.6 percent. If these numbers are accurate I think it is fair to say that the CPI information reported by the Government is so statistically filtered that it doesn't represent the cost of living increases experienced by workers in the US this year.

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Friday October 12, 2007 · 12:12 PM PDT

2007/10/12 · 12:12

Karl Rove's announcement that he was leaving his position in this administration is almost 2 months old and I get the feeling that the administration doesn't miss him one bit. I wonder why that is? In this entry I speculate that the reason why this administration pushed so hard for the "War in Iraq" is because it was part of Karl Rove's political strategy to get George W. Bush elected for a second term and the administration has been dealing with the aftermath of Rove's strategy for the past 3 years.

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