http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/10/15/conservative-media-attack-democratic-proposals/206192
Democratic Candidates Highlighted Income Inequality, Minimum Wage And College Tuition In First Primary Debate
New York Times: Democratic Candidates Focused On "Financial Reform Efforts." In their first primary debate on October 13, the five Democratic candidates for president discussed tax proposals and college tuition affordability plans that would help offset income inequality and strengthen the middle class
Conservative Media Attack Democrats For Wanting To Give Away "Freebies"
Fox Business' Stuart Varney: Democratic Candidates' "Freebies" Will Result In "An Even Bigger Deficit." On the October 14 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy claimed that Democratic candidates are "promising everything from free health care to free in-state tuition for illegals." Stuart Varney suggested that "freebies" promised by Democrats could result in "a recession, if not depression":
Rush Limbaugh: College, Healthcare is "All Yours, All You Have To Do Is Show Up." On the October 14 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show, Limbaugh claimed that the Democratic primary debate proved that all anyone has to do is "show up" to receive "free stuff," while the cost will be passed on to unaware taxpayers.
Sean Hannity: Democratic Debate Was A "Race" To See "Who Was Gonna Give Away The Most Free Stuff." On the October 14 edition of The Sean Hannity Show, Hannity claimed that policies advocated by Democrats during the debate could spell "the end of America as we know it" as a result of "all these free" giveaways.
Republican Candidates' Tax Proposals Amount To Giveaways To The Wealthiest Americans
NY Times: Despite "Populist Talk," Republican Tax Plans Benefit The Rich. In an October 14 article for The New York Times, CNBC's John Harwood explained that the so-called "populist" tax reform proposals endorsed by most of the Republican presidential candidates are actually giveaways for top income earners. Harwood used estimates from the conservative-leaning Tax Foundation to show that tax plans put out by Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump primarily benefit the wealthy and reflect "a party still wedded to the theories of supply-side economics 35 years after President Reagan championed them under far different circumstances":
so is there anything different nah Progressives still want to look out for Americans if you were poor and sick and an American citizen wouldn't you expect that the gov't would help you and not try to sweep you off the sidewalks where you are forced to live.
republicans well they don't and won't regardless to latest hyperbole coming from the right, "PERIOD"
