Do big corporate donors keep The Democratic Party from being a true "People's Party"?
Goldman Sachs was a big donor in 2016, but now I read that GS is happy about the investment
opportunities Trump's presidency offers.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/18/investing/goldman-sachs-earnings-donald-trump/index.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-30/goldman-says-trump-s-presidency-will-benefit-stocks-in-almost-every-sector
I don't mean to pick on GS, as there are many other big donors who contribute much $$$ to the DP,
but also expect ironclad issue-voting loyalty as
a result (see last week's vote on prescription drugs from Canada as an example).
Disappointments like the prescrition drugs vote are going to happen again and again on
issues benefitting masses of people, if we keep letting wealthy corporate interest$ call the shots.
Are big corporate donors really a friend to Democrats, other than for their money?
I realize it's scary to contemplate losing those million$, because money is so important today in US politics.
But can this drive for funding from big corporate and banking donors kill the soul of the Democratic Party?
***The Democratic Party does a great job on the social issues, IMO, and I am thankful and proud of that.***
But on economic issues, IMO, we are always battling donor$' influence, and end up being severely compromised,
giving donors what THEY want, and lose that battle (on economic policies that help The People) way too often.
The need for money wins out OVER policy.
Will these big donors keep the Democratic Party from ever again being a true "Party Of The People",
willing to put the desires of elites and well-off on a back-burner while the other 90-95% of The People
get THEIR needs met, finally?
The goals of a true "people's party" are supposed to be serving the majority of people, and the common good.
The goal of corporations is to make as much money as possible, period. That is all.
Are we now learning that these goals are incompatible?
Trump is so awful in so many ways, and engenders such fear and dread, that it unfortunately distracts us, IMO,
from some of the essential, even existential discussions the Party should be having among its members.
Why does the Democraic Party exist?
WHO does it serve?
How similar to the opposite party should it be on economic issues?
Could it win as a "people's party", as Bernie showed he could do in many primaries?
IMO, Democrats need to be talking about this even more than talking about crowd-size and 3AM tweets.
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