"E"
For my money, the best brains for the task are those of
Kevin Phillips.
And in ways he is a Radical Centrist.
Phillips was a GOP strategist in the Nixon era, author of
the very prescient
"Emerging Republican Majority" of 1968, which was all
about presidential politics,
and basically called the next 25 years quite well
But the mess of the Nixon years and general drift of the
party disillusioned him
He was an Anderson supporter in 76 and has remained an
Indie ever since.
His books, I have read several, take the approach you
favor / that I think you favor.
Very careful and a mix of hard criticism of both business
and gvt, and obvious
thankfulness for both at the same time.
What appeals to me the most are his VERY well researched
criticisms of
the financial industry, which he says is the problem that
matters most, far and away,
since if that was under control we would not have the
serious problems
that always seem to burst on the scene just like
hurricanes.
He also puts most of the blame on the hollowing out of
American industry
on the world of finance, and was one of the few who ( in
his case "approximately " )
saw the events of 2008 a couple of years ahead of time.
Worth looking into ^2
Billy
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In a message dated 7/29/2010 1:09:24 P.M. Pacific
Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
It is actually an interesting fight, where I have
some sympathy (and scorn) for both sides. As you note,
wild west capitalism isn't any prettier than regulatory
uncertainty, and both sides love having the other to
paint as "the real villain."
What's truly tragic is there seem to be very few
centrist voices willing to parcel out blame
even-handedly...
E
Democrats countercharge that the complaints
from business leaders are overblown and
misplaced. They argue Obama and his party made
painful decisions to avert an economic
catastrophe: bailing out the automakers, saving
the banks without nationalizing them, and
passing a massive stimulus package that they say
wrenched the nation out of a tailspin. And they
point as proof of their success to the
performance of the private sector:
second-quarter profits so far show big
businesses are humming again, far outpacing
analysts' estimates.
That said, Democrats have made an attack on
major industries an explicit part of their
campaign message. The majority wants to make the
election a choice between the two parties as
opposed to what the GOP is pushing for -- a
referendum on the party in power. To do that,
since spring, party leaders have hammered on a
contrast they hope will stick: Democrats stand
up for Main Street, while the GOP champions Wall
Street; Democrats are for patients and doctors,
while the GOP is for insurance industry profits;
Democrats want to protect small businesses in
the Gulf, while the GOP protects the oil
companies. Et cetera.
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