The Bull Moose Is Back: America’s Rising Revolution Against the Super Rich, Ruling Elites | Dr. John C. Welch IV, M.T.S., M.B.A.
I don’t expect the Bull Moose party to become a reality. It’s goals better have a profound influence or nothing substantial will change regardless of who wins in ‘16.
Is it time for a Bull Moose Party again?
The truth is the degree to which we echo our own history of political and economic tyranny today is alarming. We’re at the point where the ultra-rich ruling elites—including the leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties—are no longer really concerned about the interests of the people. Their only true concern now is amassing wealth and staying in power. But where is the Progressive Bull Moose Party today?
Very interesting article.
And what’s the evidence here?
First and foremost there’s Wall Street and the Financial Industrial Complex, which several Presidents warned us about and the recent financial crisis has made even more glaringly obvious.9 And this includes the sheer existence of banks that are too-big-to-fail, a financial services industry that writes its own rules, feeds off the American people like a parasite, and pays fines, but never does time for massive, blatant corruption and fraud.10 In addition to the powerful banking lobby, this rigged, bloodsucking system includes Members of the House and Senate Banking Committees, and the U.S. Treasury, but also the Federal Reserve itself, which continues to lack transparency and accountability.11 The idea that a handful of big private banks should control the U.S. economy without democratic oversight, without a legitimately independent public audit, without full transparency and democratic accountability is a slap in the face to any self-respecting free, open and democratic society. The truth is that Wall Street has both the executive and the legislature in its back pocket—to the point that the risk of another financial crisis may actually be greater now than it was in 2008.12
Then there’s the Military Industrial Complex, which George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican, both warned us about.13 To be sure, I think most Americans are in favor of a strong military. We’re proud of our military and intelligence communities. That is not the problem. The problem is when they’re controlled by corporate interests and driven by the insatiable hunger for profits and power.
