[lbo-talk] at least he's black!

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Feb 19 09:13:09 PST 2008


On Feb 19, 2008, at 11:54 AM, Marvin Gandall wrote:


> I was especially struck by this last
> week when one enthusiast, a fan of Carrol's, proposed that the LBO
> list (!!)
> take the lead in promoting universal medicare on behalf of all
> Americans,
> blissfully unaware of the number of unions and other broadly-based
> organizations representative within the population have been
> campaigning on
> this issue for decades.

Having this list be the core of such a campaign is a bit, um, ambitious, but you're exaggerating the scope of organized agitation here. A few union locals have signed on, and a few small organizations are pushing it. But there's nothing like the campaign you seem to think exists.

Doug



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