The dream deferred?
04/12/05
Is it really the Republican Party's goal to reduce the wealth of its core constituency, which is middle-class homeowners? Moreover, is it really the mission of the GOP to have fewer folks own their own homes in the future? Most profoundly, is it really the purpose of the leadership of the 109th Congress to reverse the nation's two-century commitment toward widening the circle of ownership -- a commitment that has saved this country from lefty proletarianization and destructive class warfare? It's been a while since anybody called the Republicans 'the stupid party.' And that's too harsh a judgment, at least for now. So for the time being, let's just say that many leading Republicans are acting ahistorically...
http://www.techcentralstation.com/041205E.html
from TechCentralStation, by James Pinkerton
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Is it really the Republican Party's goal to reduce the wealth of its core constituency, which is middle-class homeowners? Moreover, is it really the mission of the GOP to have fewer folks own their own homes in the future? Most profoundly, is it really the purpose of the leadership of the 109th Congress to reverse the nation's two-century commitment toward widening the circle of ownership -- a commitment that has saved this country from lefty proletarianization and destructive class warfare? It's been a while since anybody called the Republicans 'the stupid party.' And that's too harsh a judgment, at least for now. So for the time being, let's just say that many leading Republicans are acting ahistorically...
http://www.techcentralstation.com/041205E.html
from TechCentralStation, by James Pinkerton
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 12. Apr, 11:17