On Oct 22, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
On Oct 22, 2008, at 3:38 PM, ravi wrote:
Sometimes, when your opponent gives you the phrases you need, it is
wise to use them.
And sometimes you should acknowledge that those phrases are embedded
in a worldview hostile to your own.
And I did (in response to LP), in case it wasn't obvious. But to me,
when someone like Volcker says "we need a decline in American SoL",
that seems a great opportunity to drive home some points: not much can
decline in the SoL of the bottom 50% -- perhaps a few things -- but
the value of your idea, Chairman Volcker, is made clear when we look
at the excesses of the top 20%.
You are right in that the intended/original subtext of his warning is
an ominous one and that (warning statement) should therefore make him
a bad guy.
--ravi
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