Reply #1: If all Democrats started taking a populist

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view I think it would be very powerful. I think they should begin talking about corporate welfare. I have independent, Republican (two) and Libertarian (one) friends who always complain about handouts to people who just need to get a job, and take personal responsibility, blah blah blah. The Dems need to begin pointing out how major corporations get far bigger handouts from the government than the people, including the people like Warren Buffet. Dems need to show how the bail out of Bear Stearns illustrates how this country privatizes profit and socializes risk - the corporations get to keep make huge profits from reckless, unethical business practices, and when those practices fail, the taxpayers are required to pay for their losses. The corporations need to take personal responsibility and pull themselves up by their bootstraps without bailouts from taxpayers.