Right -Wing Harassment Strategy Detailed in Memo

[rb336]

For the record and so that we know what we are dealing with here....Rb, are you a radical socialist liberal?

do you mean that I firmly believe that it is better and infinitely more moral to have policies that benefit many [[rising tide lifts all boats) at the expense of a few rather than policies that benefit the few [[it is the top-heavy ship that inevitably capsizes) at the expense of the many?

or do you think I am anti-capitalist?

you would be right on the first count, dead wrong on the second. I believe in free enterprise, I just believe that it needs to be regulated. I believe in the free market, i believe it, too, needs to be regulated and far more transparant. when you allow the market to operate free of real regulation and free of investigation, what you get are bubbles, because the market is NOT a rational actor as has been proven time and time again, and when the bubble breaks, it is the working people who suffer the most. I do not believe the government should run most businesses, but I believe there are clearly some things the government does better than private industry - basically anything that involves the public good is better handled by a government that is beholden to the people, rather than by some board of directors who are [[with the current set of rules) beholden to very few [[just TRY to get something done, or even get your voice heard at a stockholders meeting if you don't own at least 10% of the corporate stock, usually more) I believe in the reality of the world -- every other nation protects its industry. it is, however, our biggest export. I believe, as Jefferson did, in a progressive tax rate. I believe megacorporations need to be brought down to size, like T. Roosevelt did. I believe that "These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people" as Abraham Lincoln said, and therefore MUST be regulated and monitored