I glad this is finally becoming part of the discourse, even if I'm not so sure Mitt's opponents are genuinely concerned with this type of capitalism...or just piling on with something that resonates across all political affiliations.
We've all been screaming about this since before the collapse and capitalism was treated as sacrosanct in all manifestations and trying to have debates or conversations were summarily dismissed as everything from Marxists, Socialist, Anti-Capitalism, Unpatriotic...to even treasonous. It's been maddening to say the least.
So the real question now becomes...do we/will we actually address this in a realistic manner or will this just be allowed to breath long enough to act as attacks against Romney, to be drown out again in divisive rhetoric when it's served it's purpose?
I, for one, hope it's embraced for REAL discussions/contemplation...
...and that titties will somehow be involved.
Mitt has already decided that any talk of that kind should be done in 'quiet rooms'.. ya know, with him and his elite crowd because if we lowly peons are a part of a discussion on wall street,the economy,wealth.. etc we'd just get jealous.. so this kind of conversation is to be done outside of our presence..we're just too envious to handle that kind of dialog..
Others critics are challenging a tax system that has allowed wealth to concentrate more and more at the top, impeded income mobility and hit particularly hard at middle-income families, losers in a class war they did not start.
They want to put on trial a structure that bails out bankers in trouble but shrugs off the woes of the unemployed and the foreclosed as part of the "creative destruction" necessary for growth.
They're angry, not envious.As a relatively calm person, I support Romney's implicit call for polite, reasoned discourse here.
But it won't happen until he sets an example, stops flinging self-pitying accusations and acknowledges that his foes and critics have reasonable concerns about fairness and growing income inequality. He could start by allowing that it isn't anti-God and anti-capitalism insisting that we do better by those destroyed in the cycle of creative destruction.In other words, expect a lot of noise in the coming months.
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2012/01/shhhh-romney-wants-economy-talk-in-quiet-rooms.html