There are a lot of fires to put out, and limited resources. SS privatization looks pretty dead at the moment.
A grand strategic offensive would be nice, but it's not clear what sort of agreement could be forged to that end.
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]On Behalf Of mike larkin Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 9:16 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: [lbo-talk] How Pathetic Is Progressive Politics? Exhibit A
"Here's a story that is both distressing in the particular and telling as a general weakness of progressive politics in this country.
You may know that Americans United to Protect Social Security is the main umbrella group mobilizing opposition to President Bush's plan to phase-out Social Security. According to an article in today's Roll Call, they were getting set to scale back their field operations and start laying off staff. Those plans have now been called because AFSCME has pledged a new contribution to keep the organization afloat for the time being.
This is, put simply, truly pathetic....."
http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/6/27/14476/3689
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