Bush's message to the Tea Party



Funding: Democrats vs Republicans

Since the 2010 election, Republicans have been going after unions and democratic-supported non-profits, and the reason is crystal clear, funding. Historically Democrats have been exclusively supported by unions and non-profits that serve the middle and lower class while Republicans are funded by corporations and the very wealthy.

Bank Reform

This is an excerpt from a great article I wanted to share about the Uncut movement in the U.S. as well as Europe.  Greed and wealth have reached a new all time high and both are at the top 2% of our population (the link to the entire article is listed below). 

If it wasn’t already apparent, the 2008 financial crisis showed that unregulated markets are not safe, that they do not necessarily lead to the best outcomes for everyone, and that the financial services industry cannot regulate itself. Deregulated finance markets were at the heart of the economic crash that has taken great chunks off countries’ GDPs, thrown hundreds of thousands out of their jobs, and is now a precursor to mass cut backs in vital public services both in the U.S and in Europe.New Economics Foundation and Spinwatch have shown, it is actively trying to shield the financial services industry from undergoing reform.

Hard at work

What has the Republican party been up to? Well they have been working on lots of things. Things that include cutting taxes to their lowest levels in 80 years (for the wealthy that is), fighting to remove "burdensome regulations" for the financial industry as well as the gas and oil industry. There have been a slew of proposed bills both on the national and state level by GOP-controlled government on abortion-related issues ranging from defunding Planned Parenthood to the extreme of giving people the right to kill doctors in the name of self defense.

Tax Cheats

I was recently reading an article on The Nation and came across a link to an article titled "Tax Time? Not for Giant Corporations."  It spiked my interest so decided to check it out.  What I found was an article unfortunately not that shocking.  Corporations are not paying taxes and have not for a long time.  On top of that, our government is giving them refunds. 

This is happening at a time when the GOP are tearing unions apart, the last bastion of power that the blue collar worker has, and are in the midst of cutting funding for our public schools, healthcare for the elderly and poor, Pell Grants, and so on (all of which of course benefit and/or help middle/lower classes).  To add insult to injury, the blue collar Republicans (those people who get their news from FOX and other conservative-biased media) are allowing them to do this by voting these people in office to their own detriment. 

Here is the list compiled by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders "of the 10 worst corporate income tax avoiders."  You can find the full article here http://1.usa.gov/hpp8dt.