Posted 1 month ago
In a Past Life
In a past life, elections had debates rather than debates having elections. Politics handled money rather than money handling politics. In Canada, election campaigns run for 37 days - more than enough time for an electorate to learn what it needs to know to vote. In the US, the campaigns run for 2 years, for no other good reason than to generate profit for all parties involved - campaign staffs, media, cities and states, etc.
In a past life, the Republican party was responsible for raising the US national debt to unprecedented levels as a result of increased spending, the Bush tax cuts, and foreign wars. They were of course also responsible for furthering the policies of financial deregulation that afforded Wall Street the ability to operate like cowboys in the pursuit of extraordinary greed. Indeed, it was the bankers in league with the Republican party that brought down the financial system in 2008, with everyone else left to erect it once again.
In a past life, the wars of the Bush Administration made America weaker. They brought it close to bankruptcy, they made it less safe, and they incited high levels of anti-American sentiment throughout the world. Any rational US President would recognize that maintaining such problems would be ruinous. So Barack Obama has attempted to end the wars and has made efforts to see the military budget slashed as part of the broader goal of balancing the US budget. But to Mitt Romney, it is precisely these actions that have made America weaker.
In a past life, we used to remember the truth and not be fooled by nice words and confetti.
All forgotten.
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