Dear
MarathonMike
The same way the Greens teach that the abuse of corporations, to invoke the same collective influence as govt does while being able to bypass the Constitutional check and balances by claiming "rights as individual persons"
it's the corporate influence that corrupts the govt, media and parties, because they have more power than individuals.
So it's harder to check these.
As soon as corporate interests can buy out any person in a process, then no one else can compete without
equal corporate backing.
We've lost our courts to this, where corporate lawyers push state matters into federal courts in order to win,
we've lost our media, our govt, and our parties to this corporate influence that's run amok.
The only difference between Dems and GOP is the
working people supposedly represented by the Democrats can't afford to lose once
they've sold their shirts and souls to corporate money interests.
When the GOP make a bad deal they dump it on taxpayers as corporate welfare and make others pay.
When Democrats do the same, the people they screw can't afford the hit.
so both are playing the same games, and the politicians at the top
win at the pyramid scheme the taxpayers get stuck paying the bill for.
but the party of the poor can't afford the cost.
so those constituents get screwed worse.
at least the business people who are experienced enough to support conservatives
tend to have enough knowledge to cut losses and write them off their taxes.
the poor who don't have equal knowledge of business or property management
have nowhere to turn and keep depending on govt for the hope of a bailout.
that's the difference.
I agree with you that Corporations buy their way into both Parties because ultimately they want to be able to influence policy to their advantage no matter who wins the horse race. Corporate leaders and the Political elite are an evil partnership and not near enough is done to disrupt it. And yes when things go bad with policy or the economy the poor take the brunt of the hit.
But how do you really improve things for the poor? Eeking out another percent or two in welfare or tweaking the minimum wage is just medicating a sick person so they feel less miserable. Political parties are responsible for introducing sound policies that make things better for America and all Americans.
For example, You could make an argument that Obamacare improved health care for the poor but that was done largely through an enormous Medicaid expansion. If that's all the intent was, it was terrible policy to screw up the entire health care system to expand Medicaid. The side effect is that more tax money will be consumed propping up Obamacare thus taking away revenue that could have gone to jobs programs e.g. that could bring real quality of life to the poor.
Bad policy, corporate influence and media bias are IMO the three things that are keeping America from being "great".
And winding my way back to the OP, I contend that back in the day Liberals would have been on the front line calling out the bad policy, the corporate influence and media bias but they are silent.
Dear
MarathonMike Leaders like Carson and Obama already know the solution
is microlending and business training to lift people and communities up out of poverty the right way.
The Greens also teach fair trade, cooperative workers management, independent currency that is labor based,
and consensus based decision making so people learn conflict resolution and group management needed for
democratic due process and self-governance. The Libertarians have knowledge of Constitutional due process
and grand jury systems, checks and balances, and teach what is overreaching or abuse of power, so citizens
can be taught how to police and manage their own govt and not be helpless victims playing follow the leader.
We have all these answers, and are only held back because parties are divided from each other
and competing for power, instead of working together to assimilate these answers into a cohesive system.
What I suggest is setting up training systems or programs to mentor and teach business and govt mgmt skills.
Like setting up internship/mentorship programs in all areas of govt admin, business and property mgmt,
banking and credit, etc. So people organize by party around their local school districts, clinics they want to
develop as medical intern and resident programs, police and teachers unions, etc. And start investing in
building campus systems around the districts, businesses, and facilities they have, especially schools.
So the poor and struggling districts can be paired with mentors and corporate sponsors with resources
to "lend" into that group, give tax breaks as incentives for those with more to help those with less
LEARN TO BECOME INDEPENDENT and break the cycle of poverty and dependence on charity and govt welfare.
I would start with the Black leadership who have for too long been divided from each other, left and right,
and encourage and reward efforts to team up as partners and invest donations and microloans into
creating jobs for Mentors/Interns to set up their own business plans and schools to rebuild their districts.
If everyone petitioned the Black pastors divided left and right over the BLM movement,
and offered to start donating to sponsor microloans for "Business Leaders and Mentors"
we could see a massive change overnight and stop this divisive media and party bullying going on left and right.
So I hope this is where Trump ends up pushing to get more cooperation going among working people
who aren't represented or benefiting by this corporate bulldog fight for power between the parties.
If we start with the Black leadership who have taken the worst hits over this,
because the Black communities have been the hardest hit by the class division over rich pitted against poor,
then we can have a positive role model for the rest of the nation to follow by example.
I believe this will come from the Black communities who have been struggling the most for justice while
recovering from generations of genocidal hatred and resentment about property laws abused to keep Blacks subjugated and oppressed. It's really been a fight to overcome the division between "field slaves and house slaves"
so the first step to ending this vicious cycle is to unite the rich and the poor instead of exploiting blame between them.
That has been the worst enemy of all, being divided against each other.
Killing the Black communities, and spreading to divide America by party of the rich vs the poor
so that the corporate masters can play the taxpayers like "field slaves and house slaves" both competing
for scraps while the corporate interests keep paying each other benefits back and forth at our expense.
Thank you, and I hope you take that as a compliment as much as I get out of your posts!
