Ken Padgett

1. Higher taxes for poor and working people 2. Lower taxes for the rich 3. A "race to the bottom" for wages and benefits 4. Destroy public and private unions 5. Pass laws that make it easy for companies to send jobs overseas 6. Replace employer-provided health insurance with a tax deduction for individual "Health Savings Accounts" paid for by employees 7. "Free Market" healthcare with no regulation 8. Replace public education with private schools and home schooling 9. No investment in crumbling public infrastructure such as highways, bridges, and sewer systems 10. Pass laws and weaken regulations that enable companies to further pollute the environment 11. No research or investment in alternative energy sources 12. Increase "welfare for corporations" via defense spending 13. Suppress likely Democrat voters via photo ID laws, voter intimidation, and "scrubbing" voter lists 14. Divide the American people on cultural issues 15. Instill and...

The Republican party has been waging class warfare since Reagan and they have been so effective that they have all but destroyed America's middle class. Here are two important Republican code phrases everyone should understand: Cut Spending -- When Republicans talk about cutting spending they're not talking about that welfare program for corporations and the rich called the Defense Budget. They're not talking about ending the military adventures overseas. They're not talking about cutting subsidies for huge agribusiness like ethanol. And they're not talking about the hugely expensive and failed War on Drugs that has left America with dubious distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the entire world. No, they're only talking about cutting "entitlements."  Republicans would steal from the middle class by taking money they've spent their working lives paying for through payroll deductions for Social Security and Medicare. Actually...