Who’s buying our democracy? Wall Street financiers, the Koch brothers, and casino magnates Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn.And they’re doing much of it in secret.It’s a perfect storm:The greatest concentration of wealth in more than a century — courtesy “trickle-down” economics, Reagan and Bush tax cuts, and the demise of organized labor.Combined with…Unlimited political contributions — courtesy of Republican-appointed Justices Roberts, Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Kennedy, in one of the dumbest decisions in Supreme Court history, “Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission,” along with lower-court rulings that have expanded it.Combined with…Complete secrecy about who’s contributing how much to whom — courtesy of a loophole in the tax laws that allows so-called non-profit “social welfare” organizations to accept the unlimited contributions for hard-hitting political ads.Put them all together and our democracy is being sold down the drain.With a more equitable and traditional distribution of wealth, far more Americans would have a fair chance of influencing politics. As the great jurist Louis Brandeis once said, “we can have a democracy or we can have great wealth in the hands of a comparative few, but we cannot have both.”I’m not letting Democrats off the hook. Democratic candidates are still too dependent on Wall Street casino moguls and real casino magnates (Steve Wynn has been a major contributor to Harry Reid, for example). George Soros and a few others have poured big bucks into Democratic coffers. So have a handful of trade unions.But make no mistake. Compared to what the GOP is doing this year, Democrats are conducting a high-school bake sale. The mega-selling of American democracy is a Republican invention, and Romney and the GOP are its major beneficiaries.And the losers aren’t just Democrats. They’re the American people.
what a great read, the whole ball of wax in a few paragraphs. only if life were that simple. it exist in this exaggerated state because the right saw what the Pres. did to their entries in 2008, so as not to be slam dunked again they have stooped to voter suppression, id's, redistricting, all to keep the progressive vote theoretically low enough for the underdog Romney to steal the election. Republican way not the American way.
who is really buying "we the people", we have not given power of attorney to the right wing. they are operating like its the 17th century
Slavery in the colonial United States
This article is about slavery in the Colonial era. For slavery after the United States were formed, see Slavery in the United States.
The origins of slavery in the colonial United States[1] are complex and there are several theories that have been proposed to explain the trade.[2][3]
In 1607, English settlers established Jamestown as the first permanent English colony in the New World.[4] Tobacco became the chief crop of the colony, due to the efforts of John Rolfe in 1611. Once it became clear that tobacco was going to drive the Jamestown colony, more labor was needed. At first, indentured servants were used as the needed labor.[5] These servants provided up to seven years of free service and had their trip to Jamestown paid for by someone in Jamestown. Once the seven years was over, the indentured servant was free to live in Jamestown as a regular citizen. However, colonists began to see indentured servant as too costly, and in 1619, Dutch traders brought the first African slaves to Jamestown.[6]
this is the republican template of state of mind consistent SOB's aren't they
