Punitive - and it works
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1387400,00.html
Sweden proves neoliberals wrong about how to slash poverty. But Brown
isn't listening
George Monbiot
Tuesday January 11, 2005
The Guardian
'Does not already the response to the massive tidal wave in south-east
Asia," Gordon Brown asked on Thursday, "show just how closely and
irrevocably bound together... are the fortunes of the richest persons
in the richest country to the fate of the poorest persons in the
poorest country?"
The answer is no. It is true that the very rich might feel sorry for
the very poor, and that some of them have responded generously to the
latest catastrophe. But it is hard to imagine how the fate and fortunes
of the richest and poorest could be further removed. The 10 richest
people on earth have a combined net worth of $255bn - roughly 60% of
the income of sub-Saharan Africa. The world's 500 richest people have
more money than the total annual earnings of the poorest 3 billion.
George Monbiot
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/73c4fe3c4bf1a11a
http://tinyurl.com/223en
http://tinyurl.com/2gmt7
Sweden
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/33e8e889b56206c3
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