http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1268 make it happen Sat, 19 May 2012 23:56:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1268#comment-17749 darwin Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:44:09 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1268#comment-17749 Not really- conservatives have always been the big business party. Now, it's true that recently, big businesses have started favoring libertarian rhetoric to justify why they shouldn't have to pay taxes or suffer regulation, and conservatives have started parroting that rhetoric when they pass pro-corporate legislation. But the bailout isn't in the least inconsistent with their actual policies and practicies of the last several decades, just with their most recent round of rhetoric. Not really- conservatives have always been the big business party. Now, it’s true that recently, big businesses have started favoring libertarian rhetoric to justify why they shouldn’t have to pay taxes or suffer regulation, and conservatives have started parroting that rhetoric when they pass pro-corporate legislation. But the bailout isn’t in the least inconsistent with their actual policies and practicies of the last several decades, just with their most recent round of rhetoric.

]]> http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1268#comment-17735 Dan Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:33:48 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1268#comment-17735 It's interesting that they assume that it is a good thing for America for the taxpayer to bail out the irresponsible - isn't that the opposite of what conservatives are supposed to believe? It’s interesting that they assume that it is a good thing for America for the taxpayer to bail out the irresponsible - isn’t that the opposite of what conservatives are supposed to believe?

]]> http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1268#comment-17723 Michael Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:54:16 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/1268#comment-17723 Whew, as much as I dislike him, he certainly knows his stuff. Whew, as much as I dislike him, he certainly knows his stuff.

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