A big hearty Amen brother! to Atrios for recognizing that the way to Democratic victory is going back to the roots of Economic Populism.
The number of people sick of watching richer-than-god CEOs preside over layoffs/bankruptcy/failure and yet still get “golden parachutes” worth millions, being screwed by banks, cheated and duped by credit card companies, swindled by variable rate mortgages, and cuts in local services for the middle class and poor as the rich get more and more tax cuts is large enough (and straddling enough of the swing vote) that a coherent, unified Populist Economics message would do wonders for the Democratic Party. That’s why the “The Loan Shark Prevention Act” is such a great idea.
(NOTE: I’m not saying a regressive closed door or socialist economic policy. There’s a vast difference between populist economics and closed door and/or socialist economics.)
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