Robert Reich: An Open Letter to the Republican Establishment

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/35491-an-open-letter-to-the-republican-establishment

Second, you’ve instructed your Republican lackeys to reduce your and your corporation’s taxes so much over the last three decades – while expanding subsidies and bailouts going your way – that the government is running out of money.

That means many of the things you and your businesses rely on government to do – build and maintain highways, bridges, tunnels, and other physical infrastructure; produce high-quality basic research; and provide a continuous supply of well-educated young people – are no longer being done as well as they should. If present trends continue, all will worsen in years to come.

Finally, by squeezing wages and rigging the economic game in your favor, you have invited an unprecedented political backlash – against trade, immigration, globalization, and even against the establishment itself.

The pent-up angers and frustrations of millions of Americans who are working harder than ever yet getting nowhere, and who feel more economically insecure than ever, have finally erupted. American politics has become a cesspool of vitriol.

Republican politicians in particular have descended into the muck of bigotry, hatefulness, and lies. They’re splitting America by race, ethnicity, and religion. The moral authority America once had in the world as a beacon of democracy and common sense is in jeopardy. And that’s not good for you, or your businesses.

Nor is the uncertainty all this is generating. A politics based on resentment can lurch in any direction at almost any time. Yet you and your companies rely on political stability and predictability.

[patricia92243]

1. " and provide a continuous supply of well-educated young people" That is no longer necessary.

People from India, etc are being shipped in so American's can train them to take their jobs. This is happening NOW.

It hasn't quite reached the point where young people will be saying to themselves "Why bother to get a good education. It is just expensive and will in no way help me get or KEEP a job."

America is in trouble and the Repubs have no idea - or don't care.