{"id":6457,"date":"2011-07-04T09:03:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T14:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=6457"},"modified":"2019-08-08T22:31:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T02:31:57","slug":"senator-john-kerry-republican-from-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/07\/04\/senator-john-kerry-republican-from-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator John Kerry, Almost Republican, From Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My Senator, John Kerry, sent me a link to view his question and answer session.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zsJzzrLOPsg?rel=0\"  style=\"border: thick ridge #009900;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<pre>\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>It is at 2:51 into the video that I realized that Kerry has turned Republican. <\/p>\n<p>On <strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Original YouTube post of this video\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zsJzzrLOPsg&#038;feature=player_embedded\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong>, I have posted the comment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Senator Kerry ought to consult with some real economists &#8211; Krugman, Stiglitz, Kuttner, Tyson, Reich, Galbraith and the like to find out what this economy really needs for job creation. That is economic demand from the middle class. That is what is missing. A big part of that is the money shifted to the ultra-wealthy, Sen. Kerry, from the Bush tax cuts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As suggested in the video, I have already sent a couple of questions to Senator Kerry about his false understanding of how to get the economy moving again.  How about you?  Send questions to <a href=mailto:question@kerry.senate.gov\"><strong>question@kerry.senate.gov<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since posting <strong><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"previous post\" href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/06\/24\/aftershock-the-next-economy-and-americas-future\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cAftershock: The Next Economy and America\u2019s Future\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, I have come to realize that even many of the Democrats don&#8217;t seem to get the point that putting more purchasing power into the hands of the middle class is the only way to get a self-sustaining recovery.  What Kerry mentions as solutions to high unemployment miss the mark by a mile.<\/p>\n<p>Other posts of mine on the same theme:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"previous post\" href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/07\/02\/schumer-cuts-to-medicare-benefits-not-on-the-table\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Schumer: Cuts to Medicare Benefits \u201cNot On the Table\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"previous post\" href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/07\/02\/comparing-economic-policies\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <strong>Comparing Conservative and Progressive Economic Policies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"previous post\" href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/07\/02\/barack-herbert-hoover-obama\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Barack Herbert Hoover Obama<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"previous post\" href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/06\/30\/overworked-america-the-great-speedup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Overworked America: The Great Speedup<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"previous post\" href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/06\/29\/obamas-news-conference-on-economy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Obama\u2019s News Conference On Economy<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"previous post\" href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/06\/28\/senator-sanders-tells-obama-don%e2%80%99t-let-republicans-blackmail-you-again\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Senator Sanders Tells Obama: Don\u2019t Let Republicans Blackmail You Again<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I almost forgot to mention the post <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"previous post\" href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/04\/30\/higher-marginal-tax-rates-spur-economic-growth\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Higher Marginal Tax Rates Spur Economic Growth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Senator, John Kerry, sent me a link to view his question and answer session. It is at 2:51 into the video that I realized that Kerry has turned Republican. On YouTube, I have posted the comment: Senator Kerry ought to consult with some real economists &#8211; Krugman, Stiglitz, Kuttner, Tyson, Reich, Galbraith and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-stevegsposts","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6457"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27926,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6457\/revisions\/27926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}