If I didn’t know any better I would think that some of the Republican Party’s leaders have started to listen to Massachusetts Senator, Elizabeth Warren. Have you noticed that nearly every potential Republican Presidential primary candidate is all of a sudden incredibly concerned with income inequality and they blame it on President Obama and his Administration?
“While the last eight years have been pretty good ones for top earners, they’ve been a lost decade for the rest of America.” Jeb Bush PAC mission statement
“Under President Obama the rich have gotten richer, income inequality has gotten worse and there are more people in poverty in American than ever before.” Gov. Mitt Romney, January 2015
“Income inequality has worsened under this Administration…policies that have allowed the poor to get poorer, and the rich to get richer.” Sen. Rand Paul, January 2015
During the last election cycle, Gov. Mitt Romney, tried to ‘humanize’ corporations to justify massive tax breaks and layoffs by imploring “corporations are people too.”, and the Republican Party found themselves defending Romney’s infamous 47% quote. So why is the Democrats focus on ‘income inequality’ no longer considered “class warfare” by Republicans? Who can say? I’m glad to see the Republican Party adopt a more populist message that seems more in line with Senator Elizabeth Warren’s rhetoric, but stonewalling legislation like raising the minimum wage tells me that their actions speak louder than their words.
BosGuy 