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Who is Waging Class Warfare? The Republicans, Of Course.
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY
by Roger Miller
We have been hearing the term "Class Warfare" often since the 2000 election campaign. Most all references are of a derogatory, accusatory nature pointed at progressives that object to the legislative "give-a-ways" to the wealthiest of our country in the way of Federal Income Tax rebates (both to individuals and corporations that are owned overwhelmingly by the richest Americans). We also hear it in reference to policy debate regarding the environment and the economy.
Of course, the right-wing supporting American press promotes the view that those who want to maintain the tax code and other socio-economic factors in our society that are progressive and beneficial to the mass of citizens are waging Class Warfare. However, the right-wing base of the Bush administration is waging Class Warfare against the middle and lower economic groups in our country and even abroad. The "Operation Iraqi Freedom" was (and is) a method of waging Class Warfare against the people of the middle-east, rightful owners of the natural resources of their region.
The Bush administration has been using the military to preserve access to and price control of Iraqi oil. When the price and flow of Iraqi oil is controlled by those companies and executives cozy with the Bush administration, the rest of the petroleum producing countries will effectively be controlled by American big business that is very friendly to the Bush Administration (and they will follow-up with large contributions to the re-election campaigns of the conservative Republican candidates).
So, it is about time that you and I realize that "Class Warfare" has been waged for several years by the Republican Party, and it is going to get even more intense as they fight to restrict legislative efforts to relax FCC rules on media ownership, Income Tax roll-backs for America’s wealthiest, to pack the Federal courts with right-wing ideology, bankrupt the Social Security System, (you’re getting the point, right?).
From the Republican effort to investigate and impeach Bill Clinton to today’s efforts to limit Senate debate on judicial appointees, Class Warfare has been waged against the majority of Americans by the conservative Republican Party. And they figure that "all is fair in War"-just look at the DBT/ChoicePoint voter purge in Florida (nothing has been remedied yet), the "smash-mouth" legal tactics that took the disputed 2000 election to the Supreme Court, the placement and software updates made to "touch-screen" voting machines in states where key Democratic loses gave Senate control to the Republicans.
It is necessary (even mandatory) that those of us that are the target of this Class Warfare find a voice to oppose these actions and enlist in our own efforts in the Class War that has been raging out of control for the past eight years or so.
I am enlisting today. Fight the right! Support progressive concepts and ideals! Fight back! It is now or never!
Roger Miller
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY
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