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Not Quite Ken

Bill Bunker — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:12:41 -0500

Fascism is not an alliance between corporations and the government.

That is a modern interpretation by individuals on the Left and it is out there all over the web but Fascism can only be defined with reference to Hitler.

In actuality however, Hitler's party was the Democratic Socialist party which resembles today's Democratic party in many ways from message to the use of the class envy card.

Congress passed laws that practically forced lenders to loan to unqualified candidates and that has really played into the real estate meltdown. We settled for a higher rate but intimately know others who chose the lowest possible variable rate and spent their excess. Yet, all we ever hear about is predatory lending.

I would imagine that you support unbridled government interference and regulation. Well, Ken, I was a small business owner in the Clinton years and the policies were devastating to entrepreneurs.

How a thinking, reasonable person can believe that the government taking more out of your pocket will reinforce the middle class is beyond me. Government does not create jobs (well maybe in Cuba), capital and wealth creates jobs.

I would agree with you on deficit spending and the war has much to do with that. But "entitlement" spending and unbridled excess in Washington adds to the problem.

You are way off on big Pharma...how would you want them to market their wares and make back their investment that, in many cases is spread throughout several years.

The CEO argument is old news and not true in most instances. As far as the deficit; Obama or Hillary will only worsen it and then blame it on Bush. Obama already wants to spend an additional $879 billion on social spending and was quoted last week as wanting to offer the United Nation's "trillions of dollars" to raise the standard of living in the rest of the world.

And you worry about deficit spending and perceived Fascism?

We're already bankrupt

Ken Braiterman — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:58:27 -0500

I'm not supporting Hillary. Where did you get that idea?

If Hillary is a socialist, George W. is a fascist. The definition of fascism is a seamless alliance between government and big business.

He'll be leaving the economy in the toilet for the next president, Record deficits, record trade deficit, a real estate meltdown which is causing a breakdown of the bankng system, personal disaster in the form of widespread foreclosures that affect communities as well as individuals. But as a fascist, Bush won't do anything that might interfere with a corporation's ability to rescue money for its executives out of the wreckage.

As for bankrupting the country, Bush expanded the welfare state more than any president since Johnson with the Medicare prescription plan -- once he made sure that big Pharma and the insurance companies were able to make a fortune on it without adding any value to the product. And he's doing it with borrowed money.

Centrist

Bill Bunker — Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:18:43 -0400

This post goes hand in hand with today's MY Turn in the Monitor. Some of your points are valid. There are no real "centrists" as that is a cop out on issues where there is no real middle ground.

I would say that there are some issues like abortion that you could be middle of the road on and both sides refuse to take a middle stand. The middle ground might be to allow abortion but not promote or ever fund them. Dunderheads on the Left and Right won't give an inch.

I can't believe your support of Hillary as she is so far from a Ronald Reagan kind of visionary. Beyond that she is a Socialist. It is not that some of the social agenda of Democrats is well meaning but the adminstration by unqualified bureaucrats and the hidden agenda of breaking versus fixing a flawed system is very disturbing.

Sorry to hear about your defection but you should think about what Dems stand for...it is going to break this country and make our country more dangerous and less safe.

The Deadly Sin of Being a "Centrist"

Ken Braiterman — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:21:00 -0400

This week someone accused of being a “centrist.” She thinks that’s a bad thing. She was furious because I said the “Impeach Bush” and Dennis Kucinich campaigns are wastes of time. She probably assumes from this that I’m also guilty of the ultimate sin, supporting Hillary Clinton, who is just a corrupt shill for “the corporations,” like all the other presidential candidates.