Republicans Use Extortion In Their Latest Attempt to Transform America
Extortion is obtaining something from someone who is induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, or fear that an unpleasant result will create damage for the people under their care such as their family. There are examples of rich and powerful people inducing politicians to deceive the public and act on their behalf by intimidating them with electoral demise leaving the victim little recourse but to resign their office and expose the extortionist, or follow directions and violate their office and the public trust. There has been a culture of extortion plaguing Washington for decades, but over the past four-and-a-half years it has increased to a point that a few rich and powerful actors have put the nation at risk and created mass suffering for a growing segment of the population. The conservative movement has openly called for war on the government to transform the nation to fit their libertarian vision, and they have used extortion to induce Republicans to use extortion to achieve their libertarian masters’goals.
It has long been a practice of groups such as the National Rifle Association (NRA), evangelical fanatics, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ALEC, Koch brother’s Americans for Prosperity, Grover Norquist, and various conservative belief tanks to grade Republicans based on their voting records. For example, any Republican who even considers voting for gun safety measures is threatened by the NRA with a failing grade, loss of campaign donations, and a certain primary challenge in the next election. Evangelical groups launch vigorous campaigns against Republicans who fail to support anti-women’s choice measures, and a critical assessment by anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist brings out teabagger opposition to unseat Republicans who dare support any form of government revenue. Nearly every conservative group recruits and funds primary challengers to politicians unwilling to support Draconian cuts to domestic programs, and it explains once-moderate Republicans willingness to slash domestic programs that inflict damage on their own constituents. Republicans may call it conservative politics, but it is simple extortion that Republicans in turn use to extract concessions from President Obama and Democrats to satisfy their corporate and anti-tax masters.
It is important to look back at the debt ceiling crisis of 2011 to comprehend the web of extortion extending from Grover Norquist and libertarian Koch brothers down to Republicans John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Eric Cantor, and Paul Ryan who extorted devastating spending cuts by threatening the full faith and credit of the United States with a credit default. Americans will be paying for Republican extortion for a decade as a result of the debt limit fiasco, and besides costing the nation over $19 billion in extra interest fees after S&P downgraded America’s credit, there were hundreds-of-thousands of jobs lost and millions more as a result of Republican’s sequestration.
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Grover Norquist, Jim DeMented, and the Koch Brothers ought to be brought up on RICO charges, their assets frozen until their case(s) come to trial (so they can't hire high-powered lawyers to beat the rap), and their names be forever associated with organized political terrorism.
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