Interesting...
All government, regardless of party, tends towards greater control. Take your choice of rides, slow or fast.
Corporations have little influence on the media. The media is a good ole boys network of liberals who refuse to associate with social conservatives. The liberal media pushes ideas such as hate crimes, abortion rights, global warming mania, gay rights, anti-school choice. Most items which the media has a strong bias for, coporations have no interest in. I can't buy into the corporate media BS that leftist spew.
I too cannot accept that the notion that the MSM is not LIBERAL, in general. All one needs to do is listen to rantings of all the talking heads, Rather, Jennings, Browkaw(one of the worst Libs), etc. On and off the media.
I agree with "follow the money" -- all the way to the top of the media giants. Liberalism every where you look.
I try to stay away from the MSM now -- it is so disgustingly biased FOR THE LEFT that thier news, much of it self-generated, is not worth the paper its printed on.
He's less right about what the republican party stands for, though. They're definitely less for the working guy than they were twenty years ago.
I don't know how the idea that Big Business and the "rich" were the darlings of the Republicans got started. It has been obvious for a long time that those looking for handouts look to the Dums for it. Look at the corporate scandals that took hold during the Clinton years, look who the fat cats in congress are......all dumorats.
Farm and ranch country is almost always Republican, and they are among the poorest of the working class.
I think it would be helpful to differentiate from the network honchos and the talking heads. I agree the Leslie Moonveses of the world fit your profile, but the editors and "talent" (using that word loosely) have socialist sympathies...
In the U.S. most new jobs are created by small businesses. I don't feel this is the case in Europe. Gov't imposed work rules, vacations, medical benefits, and safety regs while growing nuisances to small business here in America, are Himalaya sized impediments to small business in the EU.The same would be true for Japan.In my reading it seems the only growing economic player that may not be going in this direction is India, but I could be wrong.
All in all the idea of modern Liberal dogma being in opposition to Corporate growth is wrong. The opposite is the case and the danger to Liberty.
This premise is faulty so any conclusions that follow from it are faulty.
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The rich can afford to pay high taxes, and those who advocate such - e.g., Warren Buffet - do so as a form of conspicuous consumption. They are buying PR for themselves - seperating themselves from the middle class which is really hurt by high taxes.
If not liberal, perhaps STUPID would be better.
It is very different than "liberal", but not "leftist". Unfortunately in this country, the classical (and actually correct) definition of "liberal" has been subverted by the leftists. Technically speaking, the founding fathers were "liberals", as they believed in the values of individual liberty, expression, and responsibility. Unfortunately, the leftists (as they are rightly called) have hijacked this term, as they wish to paint themselves as some "champion for the little guy" or the "downtrodden", when in reality, they support a leftist agenda, i.e, communism, socialism, etc.
This practice has become so commonplace that the term "liberal" as it's used today has become synonymous with "leftist", for better or worse. Thus, I would disagree with your point #1, for the simple reason that it's not true, realistically speaking. Put another way, being "pro Democrat" is very much being "liberal" and/or "lefty", at least in the common vernacular.
Businesses understand that's there no free lunch, they just hope that government take over simplifies the rules, for them. Less differiation in the market place, companies don't need to pay attention to these matters to attract and retain employees.
Democrats are easily bribed.
Before their fall, when Enron was in trouble, who did they turn to? Clinton’s Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who called the Treasury Dept on Enron’s behalf, but was rebuffed by the Republican Treasury Department. Is there any doubt that Clinton’s people would have been much more obliging for the right campaign donation?
Liberal and lefty are *not* interchangeable terms. The media is liberal, but they're not necessarily leftist.
Government regulations increase the cost of entry into many markets, thus benefiting existing participants.