Playing the Class Warfare Card

[_moksha]

I was watching Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain on the David Letterman Show.

Mr. Letterman asked Herman Cain why the Republicans are so resistant to taxing the wealthy. Mr. Cain replied that those in favor of not giving tax breaks to the wealthy are just playing the class warfare card.

The class warfare card seems like an intriguing concept. My question is what would removing Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security mean for the elderly and disabled in terms of this warfare concept? Since these programs are a means of life support for the elderly and disabled, would the elimination of such programs be considered a strategic preemptive strike?

[_Quasimodo]

The class warfare card seems like an intriguing concept. My question is what would removing Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security mean for the elderly and disabled in terms of this warfare concept? Since these programs are a means of life support for the elderly and disabled, would the elimination of such programs be considered a strategic preemptive strike?

And a good one. Everyone knows that the elderly and disable are just lazy. Quadriplegics and octogenarians should work for their medical benefits (food and shelter, for that matter).

These shiftless hippies have lived off the government for too long.

There was a happier time in this country when street corners were filled with the aged and war wounded begging for money.

They should return to that sort of entrepreneurial independence and stop taking tax dollars from the beleaguered upper classes.

[_asbestosman]

You know the saying: with great power comes great responsibility. The rich need to understand that.

Because the thing is, we have the power to take their money from them and give it to the poor to solve their problems. If they were smart, they would have spent it before we had a chance to take it--just like the rest of us. ;)

[_moksha]

The rich need to understand that.

Even though they would have undoubtedly preferred non-combatant status, the elderly and disabled need to realize that there will always be collateral damage in such a wars and that their sacrifices will be memorialized once the first bag of Soylent Green comes rolling off the assembly line at Halliburton's Corpus Christi plant.

[_moksha]

Maybe there could be a placard down on the vending machine proclaiming, "We salute the brave men and women who have died so that private jets may have gold plumbing fixtures".

[_EAllusion]

I think there is a such thing as a "class warfare" card where politicians use envy of the rich to motivate a populist push for various policies. And that tends to annoy me. Unfortunately, the Republican party's PR strategy has warped it into something that gets reflexively said whenever a policy is proposed that would be to the disadvantage of the wealthy. (Even if that just entails stripping their government endowed privileges.)

Meanwhile, many of the same people using the term engage in their own class warfare against the less well off where negative stereotypes about them are used to motivate a populist push for policies that work to the disadvantage of them. This is more troublesome to me because the underclass has less power and tend to make up large %'s of populist movements in the first place.

John Stewart humorously nailed this:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-a ... de-is-over

I guess I'm in a "a pox upon both their houses" situation when it comes to this subject.

[_Brackite]

I do Not like Herman Cain's 999 Plan. The 9% National Sales tax is regressive in nature, seeing as how low-income people have very little disposal income, and high-income people have very big disposal income. The Majority of the Country is Not going to support someone who will raise taxes on Poor People, while giving big tax cuts to rich People.
Mitt Romney is Probably going to be the GOP Nominee for President.

[_moksha]

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-18-2011/world-of-class-warfare---the-poor-s-free-ride-is-over

The Republicans have gotten a lot from all the conservative think tanks together with the Murdock Media Empire and I think this is perhaps the best summary of their message and strategy available. Thanks for sharing this wartime document with us. Armed with this document the new Republican President and Congress will be able to fire whatever salvos are necessary to retrieve this $1.4 billion dollars as part of their promise to help balance the budget.

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[_Bond James Bond]

The Rich are winning.

[_Drifting]

The Rich are winning.

Which bracket do General Authorities and Apostles fall into?