The Worst Idea Since Reconstruction
2011-03-02 - by
Over the last three years Wall Street has taken it on the chin – what with bank bailouts and corporate subsidies and Stimulus Bills corporate America has become about as popular as, well, politicians. In fact, a recent Gallup poll showed that big business has almost caught up with Congress – in unpopularity.
That said, right now, over in the State Legislature, big business is having its best day in quite awhile. According to the newspaper, several members of our newly elected Republican Majority have adopted the Chamber of Commerce’s legislative agenda more or less down the line. For example, they’re pushing bills to implement the Chamber’s plan to make our justice system ‘rational, fair and predictable’ which, translated from political-speak into plain English, means changing our laws to favor big business. Senate Republican Leader Harry Brown is even pushing a beach replenishment-groin building plan to provide relief to beleaguered enclaves like Figure 8 Island and Bald Head Island.
Thanks to the recession, Obama-nomics and an avalanche of runaway government spending Republicans returned to power in the General Assembly after 112 years in the political wilderness, and they’re still riding a wave of anti-spending sentiment. But embracing the political agenda of the second least popular group of folks in America may not be such a good idea. In fact, it could turn out to be the worst idea Republicans have had since Reconstruction.
The Worst Idea Since Reconstruction
2011-03-02/
Over the last three years Wall Street has taken it on the chin – what with bank bailouts and corporate subsidies and Stimulus Bills corporate America has become about as popular as, well, politicians. In fact, a recent Gallup poll showed that big business has almost caught up with Congress – in unpopularity.
That said, right now, over in the State Legislature, big business is having its best day in quite awhile. According to the newspaper, several members of our newly elected Republican Majority have adopted the Chamber of Commerce’s legislative agenda more or less down the line. For example, they’re pushing bills to implement the Chamber’s plan to make our justice system ‘rational, fair and predictable’ which, translated from political-speak into plain English, means changing our laws to favor big business. Senate Republican Leader Harry Brown is even pushing a beach replenishment-groin building plan to provide relief to beleaguered enclaves like Figure 8 Island and Bald Head Island.
Thanks to the recession, Obama-nomics and an avalanche of runaway government spending Republicans returned to power in the General Assembly after 112 years in the political wilderness, and they’re still riding a wave of anti-spending sentiment. But embracing the political agenda of the second least popular group of folks in America may not be such a good idea. In fact, it could turn out to be the worst idea Republicans have had since Reconstruction.