steeling elections

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Apr 8 15:19:06 PDT 2002


Bradford DeLong wrote:


>Now this alternative world was the world that Bob Reich wanted the
>Clinton Administration to make--and that had very good prospects of
>being realized before the Gingrich Revolution. Money for active
>labor market policies once the budgetary picture improved was
>supposed to be Clinton social democracy job 3--after health care and
>real welfare recipient training.
>
><sarcasm>Yet another example of not a dime's worth of difference
>between Democrats and Republicans... </sarcasm>

Reich may have wanted that, but Clinton didn't. And Clinton's supporting an opponent of Reich's in the Mass governor's primary. So while there may be some decent people in the Dem party - and Reich is a good guy in lots of ways - they're not allowed to make policy. The fucking bond traders do.

Doug



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