[lbo-talk] left aiding right

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Sep 14 14:13:48 PDT 2009


On Sep 14, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Somebody Somebody wrote:


> Well, worker's incomes went significantly up under Clinton for the
> first time in a generation. And this under a neo-liberal, welfare
> cutting administration that failed to achieve a substantial
> progressive legacy. Contrast this with the declining fortunes that
> Americans subsequently dealt with under Bush.
>
> It's not implausible to suggest that an economic recovery under a
> Democratic president, even a neo-liberal one, is likely to be more
> egalitarian than under a Republican executive, even in the absence
> of any major expansions of the welfare state.

This comports with Larry Bartels' findings that the broad population does better under D presidents than Rs. It's not clear why, though.



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