Very long, very important essay by Harold Meyerson in The American Prospect. In essence, he argues that our big, powerful corporations no longer need the American economy to be healthy, because their sales and labor bases are now overseas.
So much for trickle-down. And trickle-up, for that matter.
February 8th, 2011 at 11:27am Posted by Eli
Entry Filed under: Corruption/Cronyism,Economy,Politics,Unemployment,WankersSo the DLC is finally dead. In much the same way the facehugger “died” in Alien – it completed its mission of implanting corporate conservatism deep inside the body of the Democratic Party. The DLC is no longer “needed” to pull the Democratic Party to the right, because that’s now exactly where they are.
February 8th, 2011 at 07:53am Posted by Eli
Entry Filed under: Clinton,Corruption/Cronyism,Democrats,Obama,Politics,Wankers
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