02-17-2017, 08:05 AM
(02-17-2017, 02:49 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Not familiar with the author, but I got as far as the subtitle, "The man who ran as an outsider and champion of the common man plays the stooge for industry."
Donald isn't the stooge for industry. Donald is industry. Removing regulations serves his own self-interests. I was concerned about this happening during the election cycle and I'm sad to see it happening.
It seems to me there was a time when the middle class mattered to industry. A time when America was great. Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. Say no more, say no more. But, then the Greed is Good generation in their pursuit to maximize profits became beholden to their shareholders rather than the middle class who are the backbone of their corporations. So rather than pay pensions, benefits, or even a decent wage they chipped away at them little by little. Until they couldn't squeeze any more blood out of the American stone on the altar of the Almighty Dollar so they sent the jobs overseas or created the jobs overseas or imported cheaper foreign workers. The death throes of regulation sure as shit isn't going to help the middle class, but rather the shareholders. Again. Let's make America(n shareholders)GreatRicher Again.
Flawless assessment. That said, I think you would have enjoyed the article. Saying Trump "plays the stooge for himself et al" may have been confusing, lol, but you have a point.
JOHN ROBERTS: From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice... I wish you bad luck, again, from time to time so that you will be conscious of the role of chance in life and understand that your success is not completely deserved and that the failure of others is not completely deserved either.
