[lbo-talk] "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste."

[michael perelman]

In the famous words of Rahm Emanuel, the crisis is doing its work very 
well.  One might have expected that people would be picking up the 
pitchforks to demand change; instead, they have been whipped up to 
demand more of the same.  Can anybody here imagine what would've 
happened if lefties had tried to hold their own tea parties at 
Republican meetings?  People got arrested for wearing anti-Bush T-shirts.

As a result and crisis management of Rahm Emanuel, the United States 
continues its rapid degeneration in fine fashion. Here at home, we're 
about to begin the first of our furloughs was the beginning of the 
semester. Presumably, we have to sign some paper agreeing not to do any 
work, probably to protect the state of the university from any kind of 
legal liability for forcing us to work without pay.  Thinking about a 
twist on next week's lecture during such times would be some kind of 
violation of a legal contract.

Gov. Arnold is on a tear, pushing for an undermining of the state 
pension plan.

Hopefully, health care reform -- now rebranded as insurance reform -- 
will be dead. I assume that the major reform will be to reduce the 
funding of Medicare.

read more:
http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/you-never-want-a-serious-crisis-to-go-to-waste/
-- 
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
95929

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