Reply #20: I don't buy it. [View All]

[TayTay]

This only works if leftist economic ideas are solely defined as socialism or communism. There is a lot of lefty space between communism and Keynsian economic theory. (Which, btw, the Bushies are using, only they aren't calling it that.)

I think it's lefty to voice strong concern for regrowing the labor movement. I think it's lefty to want to make corporations pay taxes in this country or not do business withn the federal government. I think it's lefty to impose reasonable taxes on businesses as a means of redistributing some of the money. Right now, the tilt is so far in favor of the super-rich that we are in danger of entering territory not seen since the 1920's and 1930's. The upper .01% of the population is making out very well. Everyone else, not so much. That kind of tilt leads to revolution. bloodshed and war.

I think Thomas Frank is right. I think a lot of Dem agenda was dressed up in a business suit and sent to Wall Street to solicit donations. Who will speak for working America if not the Dems? The Rethugs see the middle class as dupes and pawns and there is not other party that is enticing the poor and middle class with bread and butter economic issues. There is a case to be made for responsible populism that seeks to more equitably distrbute the wealth in the country. I always voted for John Kerry because I think he sees it too! (Concentrating too much wealth in too few hands is a recipe for disaster. It causes social unrest, revolution and war.)