Bush's Class Warfare

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Bush's Class Warfare

By Peter Dreier

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Bush has been a persistent practitioner of top-down class warfare , but the media rarely characterize his actions that way. In contrast, when progressive activists, unions, environmental groups, community organizations and politicians support legislation and rules to redress the balance of power and wealth, they are inevitably described as engaging in c lass warfare . Top-down class warfare seems to be OK, but bottom-up class warfare is apparently a no-no.

The class warfare rap is now being used against John Edwards, when he talks about challenging the power of the insurance and drug corporations. In a recent speech, Edwards said that his campaign was about challenging "the powerful, the well-connected and the very wealthy." But wary of being criticized for fueling class resentments, even Edwards felt it necessary to say "This is not class warfare. This is the truth."

Yes, the truth is that the rich have been at war with the rest of the country. It isn't a question of ""rich against the poor," which is often how leftists describe things. That leaves out most Americans. Its the very rich versus everyone else.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/bushs-class-warfare_b_77910.html

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