On Oct 22, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
I'm touched by the generous interpretations of Paul Volcker's
remark, but his point was to impose austerity on the working class.
He was the commander of a class war from above. And if the right
paid attention to PEN-L and weren't already on the ropes, they might
be able to make some hay with these weird endorsements of his
position.
Quoting from my previous messages:
(especially if the decline is primarily above the median).
Volcker is a very bad guy.
Yes, absolutely. No disagreement on that.
(pending finer scrutiny)
None of this is an endorsement of Volcker's positions! Sometimes, when
your opponent gives you the phrases you need, it is wise to use them.
As the right is doing right now, making hay with Obama's statement
that "you have to spread the wealth around", though they know quite
well that he is no socialist and is merely echoing sentiments
expressed by McCain elsewhere (see Oct 16, The Daily Show with Jon
Stewart).
--ravi
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