A Gentler Capitalism
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/03/AR2006010301275.html
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1791.7714
By Harold Meyerson
Wednesday, January 4, 2006; Page A17
On the field of ideology, 2005 was a lousy year for the American right.
Twice -- in the president's proposal to privatize Social Security and
in the government's failure to save New Orleans -- it confronted the
public with the prospect of a radically reduced government. Twice, the
public recoiled at the sight. In retrospect the year's biggest mystery
is how George W. Bush thought he could privatize Social Security.
Essentially Bush assumed the role of the national CEO who tells his
workers he's dumping their defined-benefit pensions for some
ill-defined 401(k) investment schemes. And essentially the American
people responded with the same anger and anxiety that airline and auto
employees have shown when their bosses reneged on their commitments of
a secure retirement. The difference, of course, is that the American
people have a lot more power as voters than they do as workers.
On the Subject of Leaks
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html
http://forums.delphiforums.com/atheistrefuge/messages?msg=1786.9894
Illegal spying and torture need to be investigated, not whistle-blowers
and newspapers.
The Road to Riches
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/5ba95f4634dec9cd
and thread
The Road to Riches
http://tinyurl.com/55nzo
A Blueprint for the Future
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/59c28cd6dfe6f60f
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