another view of Daschle

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat May 25 11:59:24 PDT 2002


pms wrote:


>And when is the Left going to tell the "American people" that the nation HAS
>to become poorer? It is going to happen, has too. Unless Europe and Asia
>get blown up again.

Hey, Paul Volcker - whose middle name is Adolph, by the way, though he tries to keep that under wraps - said it over 20 years ago, when he told Congress "the American standard of living has to decline." Of course, it's ok for central bankers to say that.

Doug



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