{"id":17601,"date":"2013-02-21T21:26:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T02:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17601"},"modified":"2013-02-21T21:26:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T02:26:40","slug":"forbes-magazine-gets-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17601","title":{"rendered":"Forbes Magazine Gets It Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Forbes.com<\/a> posted an article that totally explains the lack of representation that the average American<\/a> receives in Washington<\/a>. The article talks about the “country class” of Republicans–identifiable by their opposition to ever-bigger government financed by ever-higher taxes<\/a> as opposed to those Republicans who side with the “ruling class<\/a>“–those Democrats<\/a> who support higher taxes and bigger government. Because of those Republicans who are now aligned with the “ruling class,” the ideas of many Americans are not represented in Congress.<\/p>\n

The article states:<\/p>\n

Thus public opinion polls<\/a> confirm that some two thirds of Americans feel that government is \u201cthem\u201d not \u201cus,\u201d that government has been taking the country in the wrong direction, and that such sentiments largely parallel partisan identification: While a majority of Democrats feel that officials who bear that label represent them well, only about a fourth of Republican voters and an even smaller proportion of independents trust Republican officials to be on their side. Again: While the ruling class is well represented by the Democratic Party, the country class is not represented politically \u2013 by the Republican Party<\/a> or by any other. Well or badly, its demand for representation will be met.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The author of the article seems to believe that the current crop of Republican and Democrat leaders will result in the formation of a new political party. As much as I don’t like that idea (it takes a long time for a third party to actually get people elected), I can see the roots of that in the Tea Party<\/a>. America is well along the road to bankruptcy. We have Washington screaming about sequestration, when upon close examination you find out that sequestration does not cut spending–it only slows the rate of growth. Upon close examination, you also learn that all you would have to do to limit the potential damage that might be caused by sequestration is to give various government agencies<\/a> control of where they cut the rate of growth. Why hasn’t either the President of Congress suggested that? This is a political issue<\/a>–not a practical issue. If it ever gets out that sequestration is not a spending cut and that the panic we are hearing is totally unnecessary, Congress might not be able to raise our taxes. Make no mistake–even though we are being told that we need to raise taxes on the ‘evil rich,’ the eventual goal is to raise taxes on the middle class. Be forewarned. We are being played by some very smart politicians who reside in Washington.<\/p>\n

Please follow the link above to read the entire article at Forbes. It is fascinating.<\/p>\n

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