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Here’s the way it looks from the street: Democrats say we need big government to control big business. But when they get into power, their economic policy is set to benefit Wall Street by people who came from Wall Street and will go back to Wall Street. Democratic leaders proclaim their commitment to real health care reform while sucking up the campaign contributions and lobbying fees from big insurance companies. Their Pentagon, like the previous administration’s, is infested with bloated contracts to incompetent multinational corporate mercenaries. So the hell with them; at least give me my money back! Yes, the people support Social security and Medicare. But now a majority of Obama’s big business loaded deficit commission wants to cut both. The Tea Party-er who shouts “Get the government’s hands off Social Security” sounds appallingly stupid to progressive activists. But not necessarily to middle-aged workers with two part time jobs, no pension and little savings who are told by the bi-partisan establishment that they should wait for their first retirement check until they are 69.
