Pro vs Con

[xoxoxoBruce]

Robert Reich is most definitely left wing. His article at Huffpost, "What I Learned on My Red State Book Tour" is interesting. OK, the truth is it jibes with what I suspected, so I naturally believe it, but still.

But something odd happened. It turned out that many of the conservative Republicans and Tea Partiers I met agreed with much of what I had to say -- and I agreed with them.

For example, most condemned what they called "crony capitalism," by which they mean big corporations getting sweetheart deals from the government because of lobbying and campaign contributions.

I met with group of small farmers in Missouri who were livid about growth of "factory farms" owned and run by big corporations, that abused land and cattle, damaged the environment, and ultimately harmed consumers. They claimed giant food processors were using their monopoly power to squeeze the farmers dry, and the government was doing squat about it because of Big Agriculture's money.