The Big Bad Corporations
(By Jay Nordlinger/National Review Online) - We seldom talk frankly about the Democratic party and economics — and that includes conservatives. I think we are perpetually afraid of the McCarthyism charge. But some are unafraid, of course — like Phil Gramm, who says that the Democrats have been functionally socialist for a long time.
I thought of this when reading about Barack Obama’s new ad. It blasts away at corporations, even as it does the Republican nominee: “John McCain’s tax plan: For big corporations — $200 billion in new tax breaks. Oil companies — $4 billion.” And so on.
Bill Clinton was supposed to have gotten rid of this in the Democratic party, or at least lessened it. I’m not sure he did. Democrats seem unaware that “big corporations” — including oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance companies — are people. And that these corporations are also indispensable to our free, thriving society.
From whom are we supposed to get our oil, pharmaceuticals, and insurance? Ralph Nader? Nancy Pelosi? Molly Yard?
I thought of this when reading about Barack Obama’s new ad. It blasts away at corporations, even as it does the Republican nominee: “John McCain’s tax plan: For big corporations — $200 billion in new tax breaks. Oil companies — $4 billion.” And so on.
Bill Clinton was supposed to have gotten rid of this in the Democratic party, or at least lessened it. I’m not sure he did. Democrats seem unaware that “big corporations” — including oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance companies — are people. And that these corporations are also indispensable to our free, thriving society.
From whom are we supposed to get our oil, pharmaceuticals, and insurance? Ralph Nader? Nancy Pelosi? Molly Yard?
posted by BP News Bureau | 3:24 PM
1 Comments:
Democrats and Republicans both muddle the dialog with regard to "big" business. Large corporations and their wink-and-a-nod relationship with government are the primary vehicle whereby fascism is introduced into our political system.Both sides of the debate constantly confuse capitalism with corporatism. Democrats like to portray corporations as evil, greedy entities, reminiscent of the robber barons of the past. Republicans like to portray them as beneficent stewards of Western capitalism. Neither view is true.
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