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We have repeatedly heard the slogan "family values" from the Republican Party, but the legislation they pass continues to demonstrate they only care about corporate values. Their bottom line is to benefit corporations by pushing down wages, maximizing profits, cutting health benefits, and laying off workers. Corporate globalization allows Republicans to pander to capitalists, which does nothing to enhance family values. Their agenda has resulted in the destabilization of family life in America. An unrestrained extreme form of capitalism is practiced without shame by the rich and powerful .
Bush is not a compassionate conservative and has no compassion for the average family. Bush and his lap dogs in Congress have provided the wealthy with huge tax cuts and ensured unconscionable profits for big oil, pharmaceutical companies and defense contractors. The energy bill contained six billion in tax breaks for big oil. In 2005, the three largest oil companies made 63 billion dollars in profits. By sending jobs overseas, corporate C.F.O.'s are making 12 billion a year, which is 431 times more than the average worker in America. Corporations hide money overseas to avoid paying taxes and nothing has been done to end special tax giveaways to companies that out source jobs overseas.
Life becomes increasingly difficult as a growing number of Americans find themselves working harder to stay afloat with fewer benefits, insufficient incomes, more stress and less job security. The gap continues to grow between the obscenely rich and the desperately poor.
Most Americans do not favor this situation, but as Michael Parenti points out in "Superpatriotism", they accept it as inevitable because of faith in Bush. Faith? Is this religion or politics? Bush is treated as an object of worship by fundamentalists. Apparently, Karl Marx's famous quote: '' Religion is the opiate of the people." has some validity.
Bush is not a compassionate conservative and has no compassion for the average family. Bush and his lap dogs in Congress have provided the wealthy with huge tax cuts and ensured unconscionable profits for big oil, pharmaceutical companies and defense contractors. The energy bill contained six billion in tax breaks for big oil. In 2005, the three largest oil companies made 63 billion dollars in profits. By sending jobs overseas, corporate C.F.O.'s are making 12 billion a year, which is 431 times more than the average worker in America. Corporations hide money overseas to avoid paying taxes and nothing has been done to end special tax giveaways to companies that out source jobs overseas.
Life becomes increasingly difficult as a growing number of Americans find themselves working harder to stay afloat with fewer benefits, insufficient incomes, more stress and less job security. The gap continues to grow between the obscenely rich and the desperately poor.
Most Americans do not favor this situation, but as Michael Parenti points out in "Superpatriotism", they accept it as inevitable because of faith in Bush. Faith? Is this religion or politics? Bush is treated as an object of worship by fundamentalists. Apparently, Karl Marx's famous quote: '' Religion is the opiate of the people." has some validity.
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