CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION (CPAC) ENGIMA

It amazes me that one after another at CPAC speakers, once at the podium, spouts the same thing: “They want to take America back?” They try to out-do one another with there own slightly different brand of conservatism. Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, was forceful when he said he wants to reduce government to the army and the post office—someone should remind him that he is out of step with Republicans in congress, who are trying to close the post office. “Get the government out of the business of education”, he screamed. “Get the government out of the business of the business of health care”, he ranted. Try to square what they are saying with their “take back America”, comment. What they are saying makes no sense in a democracy; just who is it that wants to take America back and from whom?

I think the answer to those questions came from their hero Ronald Reagan in 1983; they want to take “it”, meaning they do not want to destroy the government, but they do want to take the power of government from the American people and give it to themselves. The enigma; they want a strong government if they are in control and no government if Democrats are in control. I have news for them; as the sign proclaimed above George W. Bush after he was play acting as a fighter pilot said on the decks of an aircraft carrier; “Mission Accomplished”. He is the guy who used the government to fight a war the people did not want.

Republicans have decimated our tax structure by collecting taxes from the working class and directing it to corporations—corporate welfare. They already have taken themselves of out of the business of public schools. What evidence do I to say this; this morning the comment was made on TV that 50% of our public schools are in disrepair or need updates. What does that say about government support of school? Look at that in light of the number of Republicans who signed Grover Norquist’s “no more tax” pledge and the number of Republican votes to give subsidies to oil companies and corporate farms—cut taxes but spend more. In respect to getting the government out of heath care; our health care system under free enterprise, which is with no government involvement, was a disaster; it was not working, which is why we had to have Obamacare to save the system.

Citizen’s United has already given them complete control of electoral politics; on issue after that had overwhelming popular support, congress voted the opposite way. The reason congress vote against the interest of the people they are supposed to represent is because of Koch brother control of the electoral system and corporate control of government. Look at the sacred cow, Social Security; they do not publically mention that they want to destroy Social Security, get the government out of the pension business but that they are succeeding one little step at a time; try to live in America on Social Security income alone.

Mentioning Social Security reminded me of another underlying theme at CPAC. Speaker after speaker is saying they want the American people to vote for them and the way to accomplish that goal they say is to stick by “conservative” principles, which they know the people do not want. Thus, they are telling one another not to tell that truth to the people because if they do they will not be elected; they are saying the people are like children who don’t know what is good for them. The people want minimum wage, affordable health care and public education; the people want environmental protection and regulation of enterprises and financial institution. The people want OSHA, Planned Parenthood, and access to abortion, and on and on. The people want more and more government, which violates everything every one of the speakers at CPAC are saying are “conservative principles”. They are telling each other they must teach the people to vote against their own interest, but in case they don’t, they have to justify what they have done, which is to take the power they crave by other means; corrupt the government by lobbying and corrupting the electoral system through Citizens United. 

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