________________________________ From: Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 3:20:56 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] reavealed: Obama really really is a socialist, really
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:41 PM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:
> CB: Wishy-washy , conciliatory reforms. like the Pay Equity Act or
> permitting stem cell research ? Defending Roe vs Wade with Supreme
> Court appointments ? ending the war in Iraq ? health care reform ?
> Saving GM and Chrysler ( and the UAW) ?
I'm actually starting to side with Charles on this: Nationalizing AIG and GM, increasing demand (through training, tax breaks, etc.), taking more of a lead in industrial policy (e.g., $50 billion investment in green energy and modernization), longer unemployment benefits, reregulating finance. A lot of this stuff is that socialists said should have been done. It might be quantitatively less than they wanted, but it's not qualitatively different.
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