BoatShoes;921398 wrote:socialist/communist regime eh? I mean let's compare he wants to pass three free trade agreements this week but because he thinks customers ought to be able to freely and easily change to one of BoA's competitors as proposed by Rep. Joe Miller he's a socialist. All because the huge monopolistic banking industry didn't like the Chamber of Commerce and other retailers advocating that they don't get charged fees that give the banks > 150% profit per swipe. <---That's not capitalism when the retailers had no choice but to allow debit cards or lose massive amounts of customers or to accept debit cards and pay ginormous fees.
And consumers weren't switching from BoA to smaller banks because they were unaware that their bank was charging huge fees on retailers and raising their prices.
In fact the subsequent legislation by Joe Miller, were it to be passed would actually improve competition in the retail banking sector were Republicans to support it but of course they would not because a democrat is proposing it.
But anyway, even if this were indicative of his secret desire for socialism (which a libertarian like Cleveland Buck would say a desire to stop the cartel-like practices our huge banks are practicing is not...and he's no Obama supporter) taken in the aggregate with his support for three new free trade agreements this week...you'd think the actual free trade policies that real liberals like Dennis Kucinich are lambasting might be weightier evidence in support of the contrary.
Once again you continue to latch onto statements and warp them to mean the most extreme conclusion instead of focusing on much more indicative policy proposals and actions.
You are missing the point by delving into a wonkish answer about proposed legislation, what-ifs, and bringing Cleveland Buck into it. Dodge-duck-dip-dive-and dodge once again. At least you're becoming predictable.
The point is that Barry believes that profits and what banks can charge to attain said buoyancy should be ordained by government, notably....HIMSELF!!! This is clearly socialistic pedigree if not fascist. But you don't see it because he doesn't clearly state the words, "I believe in socialism above all else". Just listen and you can hear them.
You love to claim I have blinders on. Maybe I do get riled up by the audacity of this regime and see things out of conservative lenses. However, he's clearly in favor of big centralized governmental control over as much as he can get...either through the bully pulpit or administrative fiat. He is destroying the country we all grew up in all in the name of "fairness" and "social justice". All you have to do is read Rev Wright to know how Barry has thought for 20 years.
