Why Republicans Are Regressivists
18 July 2013 | Pago Pago, American Samoa
Kimball Corson
Why Republicans Are Regressivists
Now one wants to end mandatory education and go back to how things were before 1890. Republicans also want to end, cut or privatize --
social security,
Medicare,
Medicaid,
Obamacare,
voting rights provisions,
taxes on the rich,
food stamps,
inheritances taxes,*
deregulate business,
re-regulate uteruses,
boost defense,
have government profit off student loans,
protect the rich,
stop unemployment compensation,
do nothing about the economy,
do nothing about unemployment,
cut spending,*
cut government,
not protect the environment,
adopt trickle down economics,
destroy the Fed,
subsidize rich farmers,*
keep the loopholes in the Tax code,*
allow over fishing,
ignore global warming,
let big banks do what they want,*
end consumer protection,
not regulate guns,
end school lunches,
end head start programs,
have government support Christianity
block immigration reform,
have government spy on us,*
cut education funding,
allow pollution in all forms,
put regressivists on the Supreme Court,
block free assembly and speech,
allow military/FEMA detainment camps,*
block much voter registration,
gerrymander voting districts,*
privatize prisons,
privatize much done by government,
support mismanagement by the states,
preserve monopoly rents and profits,
unreasonably extend intellectual property rights,*
rewrite the constitution.
support global capitalism,
allow military preemptive strikes,
cut foreign aid,
expand states rights,
allow the infrastructure to collapse,*
cut the deficit,*
preserve Congressional perks and benefits,*
restrain other civil rights,
block campaign finance reform,
protect big banks,
abandon government ethical rules,
block judicial and other nominations,
hamper funding for the judiciary,
cut the budget of the IRS,
block economic stimulus programs,
block class actions and arbitrations,
under fund the post office,
raise regressive taxes,
block public highway expansion,
militarize local police,*
charge for weather news,
cut the space budget,
under-fund scientific research,
destroy unions,
undermine education,
block railway expansion,
block urban renewal grants,
under fund public transportation,
not enforce the law,*
propagandize and misinform the public,
undermine our news media,
control university research in the social sciences,
violate the Geneva Accords,*
spy on our allies,*
monitor our social media,*
abuse government classification of information,*
block federal insurance supervision,
Lie to the public on multiple matters,*
etc., etc., etc,.
Off the top of my head . . .
N.B. That some or many Democrats now support much regressivism too is not a defense for Republican regressivists. I put an asterisk beside those items where many Democrats have joined and become regressivists which is why many progressivists have broken with the Democrats. (Notice in the photograph, the Republican even look ashamed.)