The Romney Triumph, Paving the Way for Plutocrats

Op Ed News by Robert S. Becker | Oct. 31, 2012 (Opinion)

Without even winning the White House, Mittens has scored a major breakthrough, giving creditability to other noxious plutocrats to run for office. Why should fat cats trust prima donna politicians when they can now run the show, that is, run government into the ground, as if a for-profit business? Oh, goody. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Local
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Posted by: Posted by Robert Becker - Oct 31, 2012 - 2:09 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Randy Morrow (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Nov 1, 2012 - 12:21 PM PDT

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 by Randy Morrow - Oct. 31, 2012

Thanks to Romney, never again will the once-unelectable 1% be summarily excluded from running - now you can’t be too rich, with too many extremist billionaire ... More »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 1, 2012
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