[lbo-talk] more on who the TPers are

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 15 18:02:13 PDT 2010


On Mar 15, 2010, at 8:09 PM, James Heartfield wrote:


> I am just surprised that included in those right wing views is a
> negative opinion of massive subsidies to capitalism, while the left
> must adopt the role of defending welfare handouts for billionaire
> bankers.

That's one way to put it. Another way would be to say that the left has supported state intervention to prevent depressions while the right has followed the Mellon "liquidate, liquidate, liquidate" line.

Doug



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