[lbo-talk] left-leaning billionaires on the march

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Financial Times - January 12, 2004
>
>Soros in new pledge to leftwing causes
>By James Harding in Washington
>
>A group of billionaire philanthropists are to donate tens of millions more 
>dollars to develop progressive political ideas in the US in an effort to 
>counter the conservative ascendancy.
>
>... Leftwing policy experts have already got wind of the new funds. One 
>former aide to Mr Kerry said there had been talks with the Center for 
>American Progress about making permanent the network of foreign policy 
>experts established by Democrats in the 2004 campaign. He said he had been 
>told: "Money is not a problem."

Money's not a problem.  Ideas are.

Carl