[lbo-talk] so, school me

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 26 15:17:51 PST 2007


Leftists don't turn down capitalist wages, which we'd like to see consigned to that overflowing dustbin. Gotta eat, pay the rent, send the kids to college, overindulge in consumerism, etc.

--- "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:


> US domestic welfare state supports -- what little
> there remains of them -- are mollycoddling luxuries
> built on the innocent blood of 3rd world proles. US
> welfare statism deserves no special pity. So, screw
> any agenda that purports to strengthen labor laws,
> Social Security, etc., inside the US -- these are
> all
> ill-gotten gains, and prop up evil Amerikkans
> suckling
> on the benefits of Empire.
>
> That's even if the poorest, weakest, and most
> vulnerable sectors in the US depend on labor law,
> wlefare, etc. supports. It's worth wrecking all that
> to bring the troops home, something Paul claims he
> wants along with many other paleo-conservatives,
> like
> those of the Buchanan ilk, who also get neo-nazi
> support, and who also ostensibly want a "republic,
> not
> an empire."
>
> I hope folks on Social Security who support Ron Paul
> are making sure they send a good chunk of their
> checks
> to the good doctor's campaign! He needs the $$$. And
> I
> bet unlike when he was an US govt-trained doctor
> (USAF
> flight surgeon), and refused Medicare patients'
> money
> due to his sterling Libertarian principles, he
> wouldn't turn down *that* money, even if it
> ultimately
> came from a program he'd see consigned to history.
> Not
> because it rewards servants of Empire, but because
> it
> ain't the market, which is God.
>
> -B.
>
>
>
>
>
> Tahir Wood wrote:
>
> "Forget all that; the only thing that counts is
> 'anti-imperialism'. You shoulda known that by now."
>
>
> Shane wrote:
>
> "Carrol, Define left. For or against: unions,
> minimum
> wage laws, progressive taxation, full employment."
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