How the GOP Used a Two Santa Clauses Tactic to Con America for Nearly 40 Years

[nmgaucho]

This scam has been killing wages and enriching billionaires for decades.

https://www.alternet.org/right-wing/two-santa-clauses-or-how-gop-conned-america-nearly-40-years

[applegrove]

1. Bingo! Big KICK AND REC'D.

[cbreezen]

2. K & R!

Haven't seen mention of the "Two Santa Claus" theory in ages.

[betsuni]

3. I learned about the Two Santa Clauses here on DU years ago

when I was still a lurker, vital for understanding American politics.

[sharedvalues]

4. Yes vital

Dems should play the big Santa Claus as well as the grinch when they return to power. Healthcare presents. And a whopping wealth tax on GOP billionaires.

[OhioBlue]

5. It's sad to think about "what could have been" if not for multiple people on the R side

that always put party above Country.

[BigmanPigman]

6. This should be mandatory reading.

I just sent the article to two people. Thanks!

[appalachiablue]

7. R & R Tell it like it is TH!

[oxbow]

8. Gonna have to tax the Uber-rich doubly hard after 2018

Use it to Lower the nat’l debt and give back to the poor, break the GOP and break this cycle!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. required reading, especially under 60

This should be a sticky somehow.
Too many people don't understand the change that came with rotten Ronnie.

The Republicans got what they wanted from Wanniski's work. They held power for thirty years, made themselves trillions of dollars, and cut organized labor's representation in the workplace from around 25 percent when Reagan came into office to around 6 of the non-governmental workforce today.

[...]

When this happens, Democrats must remember Jude Wanniski, and accept neither the cut to disability payments nor the entree to Social Security “reform.” They must demand the “cap” be raised, as Bernie Sanders proposed and the Democratic Party adopted in its 2016 platform.

And, hopefully, some of our media will begin to call the GOP out on the Two Santa Clauses program. It’s about time that Americans realized the details of the scam that’s been killing wages and enriching billionaires for nearly four decades.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Excellent write up.

[spanone]

11. K&R...

[Ninga]

12. Thanks so much for posting this! A very worthy and important read. Nt

[Wounded Bear]

13. Worth the read...nt

[colsohlibgal]

14. They Are Greedy Scam Artists For Sure

Thom has been shouting about that for some time. Run up deficits when in control, then whine about deficits when they aren’t.

It works because after 20+ years of pervasive right wing propoganda from Fox and right wing radio thei zombies have forfeited their reasoning skills to become right wing zombies.

[RandomAccess]

15. I didn't realize it was an actual plan

Damn

[Hermit-The-Prog]

16. kick

Just because we need to remember as the election draws near.

[Hortensis]

17. THIS. Their tax heist is part of this pattern, of course,

with first pair mostly timed to hit after the midterms and designed to increase over time, when it's very possible they'll be able to blame it on the Democrats.