quote quiz, part zwei....

[USDA#1]

“The Republican Party is the party of ‘business’ in the worse [sic] sense – in the sense of business accommodation and partnership with government.”

 

[IndySteel]

Commies... can't live with them, can't shoot them in the forehead.

 

[USDA#1]

a swing and a miss...

strike one.

 

[DBS1970]

A pol that was pandering to their audience.

 

[USDA#1]

A pol that was pandering to their audience.

pick off attempt...runner safe.

count is 0 and 1.

 

[hamster]

Rachel Madcow?

 

[USDA#1]

nope...strike 2.

 

[hamster]

Damn, if I only knew how to use Google, I'd probably be able to find out. Alas.

 

[USDA#1]

pitch out...runner stays.

count remains 0-2.

 

[USDA#1]

okay, here's a hint...

it wasn't George Soros

 

[ark steel]

Based on your recent posts, I'm going to guess a Koch brother.

 

[USDA#1]

amazing powers of deduction, ark...thaz why we pay ya the big bux.

over the wall, out the park.

no one wins.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

You have got to be kidding me? You post a quote...a single quote...by a Koch brother...to what? To somehow implicate the Republican party for benefiting from having relationships with big business?

While not mentioning Democratic ties to Unions and their associated companies and green organizations, as just a COUPLE of examples, while also ignoring that the Koch Brothers PALE massively in comparison to the major donors for Democrats?

http://www.realclearmarkets.com/art..._is_now_the_party_of_big_business_100768.html

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/09/big_business_democrats_99453.html

The notion that big business is "right wing" has always been more sloppy agitprop than serious analysis. It's true that historically, big business is against socialism and communism -- and understandably so...
Yet the debate is always framed as if the choice is between "government intervention" on the one hand and free-market capitalism on the other. From 30,000 feet, that division is fine with me. My objection is the glib and easy association of big business with the free-market guys (Milton Friedman was no champion of public-private partnerships and industrial policy).

This identification allows self-described progressive Democrats to run against big business when they are in fact in bed with the fat cats...

For instance, the standard line from the Democrats is that the plutocrats and corporate mustache-twirlers oppose healthcare reform because, in President Obama's words, they "profit financially or politically from the status quo." That sounds reasonable, and in some cases it is reasonable. But it makes it sound as if Obama is bravely battling "malefactors of great wealth."

But that's not really how it works, as Timothy Carney documents in his powerful new book, "Obamanomics." In 2008, Obama raked in more donations from the health sector than John McCain and the rest of the Republican field combined. Drug makers gave Obama $3.58 for every dollar they gave McCain. Pfizer gave to Obama at a 4-1 rate, as did the hospital and nursing home industries. In 2008, the insurance industry gave more money to House Democrats than House Republicans. HMOs give to Democrats over Republicans by a margin of 60 to 40.

Swing back to the donators. Have a look at this: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php. Go take a look. You can sort those numbers a dozen ways to Sunday and back. You tell me, which party has big business in their pocket?

 

[ark steel]

Our problem ain't capitalism, it is crony capitalism from both sides of the aisle. And that ain't really related to allowing companies to donate unlimited amounts, or whatever, it is because the federal government has too much power to tax and regulate, with and without Congressional approval.

As shown recently, Congress has NO power to stop regulation. If they pass a law that changes what the regulation says, the POTUS will just veto it.

 

[USDA#1]

nah, I posted it for entertainment value (mine) and to see which neo con flavor would lose it.

hi.

roses are red
violets are blue
neither Reps or Dems
give a **** about you

 

[Steeltime]