did Roberts mention imposing the gold standard? On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What Uncle Sam Has to Tell His Creditors > > By Paul Craig Roberts > ... > Our [international] creditors would like to preserve as much as possible the > values of their trillions in US dollar assets. This is easier done if the > dollar remains the reserve currency. Therefore, the US government has an > opportunity to go to its creditors with a plan. This is what the plan must > be: A declaration that repudiates the neoconservative goal to achieve US > hegemony over the world; a budget that reduces annual US borrowing needs by > several hundreds of billions by ending the Afghan and Iraq wars, by closing > overseas military bases, and by cutting military spending; a new corporate > tax system that brings back American jobs, manufacturing capability, and > export potential by taxing US corporations' worldwide profits according to > the value-added in the US. > ... > Complete article at http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts11202008.html > ___ > > Roberts is a Reagan conservative. Pretty good start on revamping the > international financial order. What do pwogwessives have to add? > > Charles Andrews > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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