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(77,114 posts) Sun Jan 6, 2019, 07:56 PM Jan 2019

Thom Hartmann: The GOP Is Reviving One of its Favorite Scams [View all]

By Thom Hartmann

Get ready to see it on your TV. The GOP is about to kick back into Two Santa Clauses mode and restart the scam they’ve been running since Reagan.

It’ll predictably begin in the first week or two of January, probably first on “Meet the Press” and other Sunday shows that feature “serious thinkers” and only rarely challenge Republicans. It’ll simultaneously roll out on Fox, on right-wing hate radio, and in the conservative media.

And there are more than a few “Third Way” Democrats eager to go along with it.

At its core, the strategy is simple and elegant: When Republicans are in power, run up as much debt as possible, mostly by borrowing and giving that cash to the Republican donor class through tax cuts and corporate subsidies; when Democrats have political power, Republicans suddenly become hysterical about the debt and demand that Dems keep taxes low while cutting social spending. .........(more)

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/thom-hartmann-the-gop-is-reviving-one-of-its-favorite-scams/

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Thom Hartmann: The GOP Is Reviving One of its Favorite Scams [View all] marmar Jan 2019 OP

They are so predictable (and hypocritical and greedy), BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #1

Thom has been on this for a LONG time, and it's 100% truth ... SAD ... (nt) mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #2

It's like the nightmare version of Groundhog's Day!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #3

Repubs other favorite tactic is ramping up and exploiting fear wishstar Jan 2019 #4

Oy. Again with the "Third Way" smear of Democrats? SunSeeker Jan 2019 #5

Third Way Of The Billionaires PaulX2 Jan 2019 #7

The Democratic Party is not "by and for billionaires." SunSeeker Jan 2019 #18

The "Third Way" was invented by and enacted by Democrats LiberalLovinLug Jan 2019 #14

NO Democrat is or ever has tried to "out-Republican the Republicans." SunSeeker Jan 2019 #17

In the financial sector policy, of course they were. That was the whole point. LiberalLovinLug Jan 2019 #20

Not in social policy, not in "financial sector policy," not in any policy. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #21

That's delusional wishful thinking. marmar Jan 2019 #23

I see all you have is insults, no facts. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #27

Let'snot forget that Clinton and the Third Way Democrats saved ithe party from total oblivion. beastie boy Jan 2019 #25

They Just Lie About The Numbers PaulX2 Jan 2019 #6

More People Should See Through This colsohlibgal Jan 2019 #8

Repeal the tax cuts for the rich FIRST. Qutzupalotl Jan 2019 #9

Yes TheFarseer Jan 2019 #10

They get away with this because we let them get away with it. KPN Jan 2019 #11

I wish the MSM would actually make this a big issue, because it is. LiberalLovinLug Jan 2019 #12

"I don't believe in giving people Medicare," a GOPee co-worker once told me, straight-faced. sandensea Jan 2019 #13

Let's hope we don't let them get away with it again! Power 2 the People Jan 2019 #15

There we go again. "Third way". beastie boy Jan 2019 #16

Clearly you don't listen to Thom Hartmann..... marmar Jan 2019 #24

I did listen to him in 2016 beastie boy Jan 2019 #26

Thom Hartmann hasn't been on RT since Sept. '17 farmbo Jan 2019 #29

His editorial decisions fell very much in line with Putin's strategy to divide the Democratic vote. beastie boy Jan 2019 #30

Yeah, we noticed that a while back. It's been trumpeted non-stop since the GOP first presented Nitram Jan 2019 #19

Yep Ahpook Jan 2019 #22

History... czarjak Jan 2019 #28