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Silicon Valley Swings To Republicans
phantomfive writes Silicon Valley is making a mark in Washington as Google has recently replaced Goldman as the largest lobbyist, but until recently, most of the money from Silicon Valley went to democratic candidates. In 2014, that has changed, and Republicans are getting most of the money. Why the change? Gordon Crovitz suggests it's because Harry Reid blocked patent reform. Reid gets a large chunk of donations from trial lawyers, who oppose the reform.
Keep in mind this is a Wall Street Journal editorial article, so pronouncements to the effect that "Silicon Valley is Republican now" should be taken with a big grain of salt.
Some selected examples of Republican opposition to monopolies; note that both Republicans and Democrats have opposed them at various times, but you asked for Republican examples, so here are some Republican examples:
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956
IBM Consent decree
http://news.cnet.com/40-year-o...
Richard Nixon, 1972
Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
Richard Nixon, 1973
United States v. Glaxo Group Ltd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U....
Reagan, 1983
Barry Wright Corp. v. ITT Grinnell Corp.
http://scholar.google.com/scho...
Reagan, 1984
Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...
George W. Bush, 2001
United States v. Microsoft Corp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U....
George W. Bush, 2007
Weyerhaeuser Company v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...
Where were the pro-market, anti-monopoly Republicans in the votes for the Copyright Term Extension Act? Both bills passed both houses of the 105th Congress by unanimous consent.
I was flabbergasted at just how few people are involved in the fighting in Syria on the Turkish border. For all of the attention it gets in the media, you would think it was two mighty armies. Instead, we are talking about a war where "reinforcements" consist of 150 fighters and two airdrops of bullets and food.
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You do remember the last 8 years of Republican presidential rule right? How much money was spent? How much more laws were enabled? How fucked up did our economy get? How much hubris did we generate running around trying to be pretend we know how to be an empire while still try to be all gooey and heroic about it?
Really? REALLY? I'm sorry, perhaps you need to review how we got into Iraq, started two conflicts by choice at the same time, while having completely unrealistic expectations on how things would go. How many trillions of dollars were spent? What about the sheer millions of dollars given to Iraqi politicians, money larger than what we spend on education or infrastructure that have completely disappeared. Obama has done some stupid shit, but NOTHING compares to what George W. Bush has done in his 8 years as president. The only person who can even compete with Bush is Reagan.
Great numbers. Not a single source on any of them. If your source is your ass then please state so.
Unemployment rates:
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries...
Deficit numbers:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/... (First Spreadsheet)
95% of recovery goes to top 1%:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/mon...
Death toll in Afghanistan:
http://www.justforeignpolicy.o...
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Not to mention blaming gridlock on Obama. When he took office, the Republicans publicly said their goal was to block everything he wanted, no compromise. Obama, naively, tried to work with them and got nowhere. (It's hard to come to a consensus if your opposition's view of "consensus" is "You agree to all of our demands and we give nothing in return.") Any Republicans that wanted to work with the President were threatened by their party and treated as if they had committed high treason.
I'm not saying the Democrats would be better with a Republican president, but you can't lay all of the blame of Congressional gridlock on the President Obama.
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ahh yes, lets keep blaming bush....
its getting old, you can try and do any kind of accounting you wish but in the end the numbers dont lie, and the numbers show that under democrat rule (2007 on in the house and senate, 2009 in the presidency) the spending has gone up by a LOT
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January 2001 was the first time since 1957 that the Republicans controlled both congress and the presidency.
They had about 8 months of a sane world before 9/11 happened.
The economy was rolling along quite well at that time... hope you found other work like most folks could.