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George,
Young
Tyler deplores trade unionism, minimum wage, Goverment regulation in
the interest of consumers and other stuff we pinko, Com-symp, whining bed-wetter
Yellow Dog Liberal Democrats think are a good idea. He cites the basic Republican
"value" that the forces of the market place are what alone must
drive our economy. Actually this is a very secondary Republican "value."
The only real Republican belief about anything is elimination of capital
gains tax. All other Republican "values" are negotiable depending
upon how much greed for money or political power is involved.
Of course, The Republican's loud veneration of the "invisible hand"
of market forces is just bloviation. Reoublicans only believe in the efficacy
of the "invisible hand" when it is mashing down hard on behalf
of rich people and generous Republican political donors. A recent shameful
example of this is that proposed Bushie Medicare phamaceutical initiatives
all specifically prevent government from negotiating with pharmaceutical
manufacturers to lower prices for U.S. consumers. If this is the way the
wonderful forces of a the free market are supposed to work, then I'll take
vanilla. It is no coincidence that the Pharmys are the most generous contributors
to Republican political coffers and have about the highest corporate priofit
margins in the U.S. "Viva Viagra!" ought to be the Bushie battle
cry. In effect they have sold out America in almost every particular to
make the Bush Rangers happy, why not throw in a little free advertising
for their old Pfizer buddies?
The great old Virginia Populist Democrat, Henry Howell, always wanted to
"keep the Big Boys honest." All the Bushies, Virgil Jr. and young
Tyler want to do is to "keep the Big Boys happy.",
In closing, Connie Rice has an interesting observation on the "invisible
hand" so pseudo venerated by the R's. Connie is Condileeza Rice's cousin,
also from Birmingham, who did not sell out. Connie "no Dee" is
a lawyer who works for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. She says, "It's
not an invisible hand, it's an invisible penis, and my clients always get
screwed."
Ham Caldwell (electronic mail, July 15, 2004)
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