Wyatt earp
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- Apr 21, 2012
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Oh you’re very right. Lobbyists own democrats as well. However, the key difference is that democrats push legislation that also benefits the poor and middle class.It’s better than being you and being washed away with the tide til you’re so far from land that you forgot what it looks like.Tough swimming against the tide isn't it?Corporate lobbyists: “hey, GOP, we will give you a shit ton of money if you suck our dicks.”
GOP: “not yet. You’re moving too fast for us.”
Corporate lobbyists: “okay fine. We’ll just give you a shit ton of money to pass legislation that benefits our corporation and pleases the shareholders.”
GOP: “what? How the hell are we supposed to do that?”
Corporate lobbyists: “Give us ridiculous income tax cuts and rig the tax code so that we can take advantage of generous loopholes and deductions to get save even more money. Just keep the “official” corporate tax rate high. It’s enough to fool your voters as being relevant and worth a damn. Oh, and call poor people lazy and do absolutely nothing to help them because it’s already fishy enough that the deficit will explode. We can’t add unnecessary expenses like that.”
GOP: “wouldn’t it be better for everyone if we just cut taxes for the poor and middle class? That way, they would have more money to spend on the economy and not only create profit for you, but more jobs for them?”
Corporate lobbyists: “um no. We get rich faster if we just save money through these tax cuts we don’t deserve.”
GOP: “how are we supposed to explain this to our base?!”
Corporate lobbyists: “Just tell them that the richer executives get, the more they will invest in wages and benefits for their workers. We will choose not to do that, of course, because we have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize profits for shareholders - even at the expense of our workers.”
GOP: “Ready BREAK!”
Billy are we supposed to pretend Democrats don't listen to lobbyists and in fact are not owned by lobbyists?
Remember: it takes intelligence and maturity to appreciate the role of government. This is your big, fat, federal government right here. Don't you love it? Aren't you proud?
And what the fuck is that?
Forcing me to buy something I don't want?
$12 bucks for a pack of smokes?
Sky high property tax while the city clerk drives a Mercedes ?
Run off jobs?
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