Dude, Where's My Party?

Dennis Robert Redmond dredmond at efn.org
Thu Jan 4 17:26:28 PST 2001


On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Johannes Schneider wrote:


> But when it comes to the economy and neoliberalism the Greens are the
> neoliberal wing of the government. They are the ones who are arguing for
> lower taxes for big capital, flexibilization of working times, a low
> wage sector,introduction of a private pension system, calling union
> leaders 'insincere' etc.

Hardly. The Greens have a range of positions, some fairly neolib, some neosocialist. Flexibilization has a different cast in Germany, where Ladenschlusszeiten means that shopping after 6 pm is pretty tough (everything closes down); the state heavily regulates labor markets, unlike the US. They floated some minor make-work proposal, in terms of a low wage sector, which would've changed nothing. And plenty of union leaders deserve criticism for being more neolib than the bosses themselves.

-- Dennis



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