Our Man Ralph Nader And Voting With Your Heart

Tom Lehman uswa12 at lorainccc.edu
Sat Jul 15 09:28:52 PDT 2000


It's stuff like this that makes my hero George Washington Plunkitt look like a paragon of virtue, http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/07/15/front_page/FUND15.htm

Btw, GWP is credited by some sources as taking his opportunities in building parks rather than in destroying them.

TL

Max Sawicky wrote:


> . . . You move the center to the left by winning the battle
> of ideas--not
> > by electing Republican majorities and a Republican
> president...
> > Brad DeLong
>
> Fine, but how do you do that when your standard-bearer has
> all
> the wrong ideas? -- debt elimination, welfare reform, and
> "free"
> trade? Even if you put trade aside, debt elimination
> paralyzes
> the budget, and that paralyzes regulation (no money for
> regulators). Welfare reform stops every conversation about
> social policy or poverty reduction. Labor law reform isn't
> even on the radar screen.
>
> mbs



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