George Soros Accuses Republicans of Hurting American Economy for Political Gain

[kpete]

George Soros: I'm worried that the politics of the election are going to interfere and put a lid on this –because the Republicans don't want to face elections where Obama can claim to have sort of seen the economy recover. So they will continue to push for austerity, no new taxes, and therefore cutting of services, which will depress economic activity and employment.

After the elections, if the Republicans win, actually they’ll undergo a miraculous transformation where they discover that actually it wouldn’t be so bad if maybe we can afford to have some stimulus.

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Fareed Zakaria: So in a sense, you feel that some part of this Republican opposition to an additional stimulus is just cynical? They want the economy to stay weak in an election year?

George Soros: Unfortunately, our political system is now not functioning the way it used to in the sense that the political parties are more determined to destroy each other than to lead to policies that would benefit the country.

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[FarLeftFist]

1. Common sense.

[nanabugg]

2. Not many comments? I guess it's so obviously true? nt

[FarLeftFist]

3. Yeah. Soros isn't saying anything that isn't clearly obvious to those who want to see.

GOP HATE has trumped American prosperity and helping our citizens. It's all about POWER to them.

[unkachuck]

4. "...maybe we can afford to have some stimulus."

....for only the rich, george, only the rich....

[flamingdem]

5. Soros can say it because he's not in anybody's pocket

To say it is to point to traitorous behavior and an ideology that is utterly corrupt.

So, obvious as it is few dare to state it as a truth.

[DCKit]

6. And the wingers hate him anyway, so he's got nothing to lose.

After "Teh Gay" and women's issues, Soros is tops on the Republican hit list.

On the other hand, they won't be able to resist rising to his bait, and what he said will get far more attention than it would if they just STFU.