Selling out to business

[pdx39]

Here is an ode to Dubya Bush I put together. Too much time on my hands today.

Sung to tune of BTO's "Taking Care of Business"

You wake up every morning from the corporation calling,
saying we got this bill that needs pushing.
It will make business pay less then the working middle class,
then we'll give your campaign account a cushion.

And if your Limos' on time, you start to brown nose by nine,
and ignore the voters that got you your seat.
It's that special interest money that your spending while you're running,
It sends the democratic process a defeat.

It shows you're selling out to business, every day.
Selling out to business, every way.
Selling out to business, all the time.
Selling out to business, across the line.
SELL OUT

The corporation's wishing they'll buy all the politicians,
and bribe them into being flunkies.
They've already got it going, as thier voting records' showing,
turning them into trained monkies.

People see you sell them out, some protest and scream and shout,
but you tell them that you run things this way.
And the voters you avoid, after they get you employed,
It makes my faith in you drop and decay.

I think you're selling out to business, every day.
Selling out to business, every way.
Selling out to business, all the time.
Selling out to business, across the line.
SELL OUT

You wake up every morning from the corporation calling,
saying we got this bill that needs pushing.
It will make bussiness pay less then the working middle class,
then we'll give your campaign account a cushion.

And if your Limos' on time, you start to brownnose by nine,
and ignore the voters that got you your seat.
It's that special interest money that your spending while you're running,
It sends the democratic process a defeat.

It shows you're selling out to business, every day.
Selling out to business, every way.
Selling out to business, all the time.
Selling out to business, across the line.
SELL OUT

 

[Thumper]

That...

Rocks!

W and Enron
W and the Oil Corporations
W and ad infinitum

Just to be fair...the Dems aren't immune to PAC money...

 

[KillerMuffin]

And you couldn't even pull off an electoral vote for Nader to legitimize the man. Honestly, the guy could get matching funds next go round. You have any idea how much that would piss off the Republicans? The Democrats? H. Ross Perot?

All politicians sell out. I don't understand why it's so surprising to you that Dubya is no different.

 

[SINthysist]

Let us not forget how Clinton used the CIA to aid American business while turning a blind eye and a big mouth towards the war on Terrorism.

And since you love the Democrats so much, you probably love Tom Dashle's end run arounf the constitution saying he would bring no measure up for vote unless it had 60 votes. Of course, you can't know how many votes you have until you vote. A wonderful little catch-22 don't you think? Heller would be proud...

But its shows great inventiveness to come up with that. Perhaps you desire to be the Paul Shanklin of the left.

 

[alltherage]

I don't think all politician's sell out. I think they are groomed in a world that we do not live in and simply respond to the world they know. That world is peopled with powerful and entitled people and it seems natural to them to tend them first. The Bush family is the model for this but the Kennedy's fit the bill as well. If a politician is not born to it they seek out that world as an envious child seeks his friends toy. LBJ was such a man. The phrase sell out implies that there is something to sell. Hell, you do not get to play unless you meet the standards of maliability that the powers that be in this country expect from their so called leaders.

 

[SINthysist]

Why do you think they always rank with used car salesmen whenever those, "Who do you trust polls" are put out.

Now in the defense of business, you have to contribute and heavily to the candidates. Microsoft never did until somebody went after them. Ever since, they've sent lobbyists, money, and lip service (the latter to the Democratic party) to Washington.

That's my mini-rant for now...

 

[WriterDom]

Don't quit your day job.

 

[pdx39]

And since you love the Democrats so much, you probably love Tom Dashle's end run arounf the constitution saying he would bring no measure up for vote unless it had 60 votes. Of course, you can't know how many votes you have until you vote. A wonderful little catch-22 don't you think? Heller would be proud...

I am not a Democrat. The Democrats don't live up to the rhetoric on their platform, even when they are on charge. If Clinton would have kept his promises of Universial Health Care and campaign finance reform, I might have supported the Dems, but he couldn't.

I've voted for Ralph Nader the last 3 elections because he has earned trust and respect from me that Clinton and Gore haven't.

 

[SINthysist]

WriterDom.

As far left as this one is, I doubt he has a day job...

 

[Guest]

Get a Job?

WriterDom.

As far left as this one is, I doubt he has a day job...

Your stereotyping of progressive minded people as being unemployed is total bull along the lines of portraying African-Americans by wearing blackface make-up and eating chicken.

Do you consider progresives to all be long haired tree hugging black clad rock throwing vegans too?

For your information, I've worked as a DEQ Certified hazardous materials handler for over 15 years and am personally responsable for removing, transporting, and disposing of thousands of tons of cancer causing materials. I have taken these materials out of the local environment with my own two hands, and made my city a safer place to live by doing so.

I have short hair, own my house, and have two cars. I have over $40,000 worth of credit cards that have all been paid in full for over 6 years. I drive a single occupancy vehicle on Interstate freeways in rush hour traffic and usually eat drive through fast food for lunch.

I give away over $500 a year to several social justice and public interest groups that I support...everything from the ACLU to the Sierra Club to Public Citizen to Copwatch gets some money from me.

Is your image of me shattered yet?

It's sad to see how some people try to paint an inaccurate picture of others because they want something better than the status quo.

I wonder how much of this belittlement is because of my earlier posts on a Libertarian thread pointing out massive problems within their platform? Are you Libs harassing me because I don't agree with your anti-labor, anti-environment, pro-corporate soverignty posiitions on the issues? It's starting to look that way.

 

[pdx39]

The above post

It was done by me...surprised it went up as unregistered...been having this problem a few times as of late.

 

[lavender]

 

[Thumper]

It has been said before...

and the right side's response to this proves it.

They have no sense of humor.

I have heard probably hundreds of song parodies and jokes poking fun at the left and the democrats and found most of them amusing...

Poke fun at the Conservatives and they get all huffy and indignant. Sort of like I would if there was any truth to the jest.

Sinthysist....500,000 more people voted for Gore than Bush. Using your logic that means over half of the voting population is unemployed....

Surely you jest

 

[Poverkhnost]

There seems to be a lot of animosity towards Bush. It is no secret that he has ties to oil and other big business. Yet, this is no different than most other politicians. Furthermore, Bush seems to be trying to reform his image as completely pro-big business. At the same time, he's trying to balance public interest with efforts to stimulate the economy and that's very very important right now. During times of war the U.S. becomes vulnerable to economic downturn and that was a cycle we were already in to begin with. This is a time to give major incentives for businesses to grow, hire and create. If that means tax breaks and other incentives, so be it because that's how business gets done and our standard of living made better.

 

[pdx39]

I don't think so

This is a time to give major incentives for businesses to grow, hire and create. If that means tax breaks and other incentives, so be it because that's how business gets done and our standard of living made better.

I disagree. The 'Trickle Down Economics" thing has been tried before. It failed then and would fail again now. Increasing corporate welfare subsidies is the wrong way to bring about economic growth. Only the top 5-10% of the population would benefit from it. Raising the minimum wage to be a living wage would be much better.

 

[Poverkhnost]

I'm not talking about trickle down economics in the basic terms everyone thinks about. Even if we were to think about his reforms in those ways it wouldn't be like the 80's. Reagan's people got the Laffer curve wrong. They went too far with tax cuts while raising spending. If we can draw in spending with modest tax cuts then we can resolve some of our economic problems. In the early 90's cuts were made on capital gains and there was HUGE selling and buying all around helping the growth experienced in the first Clinton administration. I'm by no means a Clinton fan, but it was a smart move to cut that tax. Furthermore, anyone who wants evidence of how high taxes hurt an economy need only look at some of the lesser developed nations. When taxes are lowered, business is much more apt to get made because people see benefit in it.