[WS:] Which is a polite way of saying "it's power, stupid! The capitalist class of this country has his, everyone else does not, end of discussion." But one does not call a spade a spade in a polite society, hence Mr. Obama circumlocution.
BTW, this situation reminds me of a political cartoon from the Solidarity era in Poland. A party apparatchik faces an angry crowd of protesters and says "As a matter of fact, I am responsible for all that mess. And what are you going to do about it?"
Wojtek
--- On Mon, 3/23/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Geithner clarifies
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 5:19 PM
>
> On Mar 23, 2009, at 4:53 PM, B. wrote:
>
> > Know what I mean? Or does this just sound ridiculous?
>
> It's not. In his interview with ABC News, Obama conceded
> that Sweden's approach was sensible. After his devious
> self-exculpation - they had like 5 banks, we have thousands,
> which is technically true, but not really relevant - he then
> disclosed the real reason. We're America, we're different.
> No need to make an argument - it just is.
>
> Doug
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