The False Prophets From the “Center” Elite

from the Working Life blog:



The False Prophets From the “Center” Elite
Posted on 04 December 2012.


It is a waste of time to jump up and down and scream about the ludicrous nature of the Republicans “ideas” about the economy, and, specifically, the proposal put forth by John Boehner regarding the phony debt and deficit “crisis”. These people are nuts and, worse, they either lie or are ignorant about the facts when it comes to the economy. So, it’s more important, in my humble opinion, to ponder the proposals floated out there by people who claim to be representing the “left” or “center” and, even more astonishing, “the last good economy”.

In case you wonder who claims to be among the people who brought you “the last good economy”, you guessed it. Ladies and gents, it’s the retreads from the Clinton Administration who are just aching to get back into power.

It is only because of the foolish, disastrous stewardship of the economy under Republican presidents and Republican Congresses that people look at the Clinton years as somehow a time when we had “a good economy”. I’m going to come back to the specific proposal that triggered this post in a sec — and chat about these retreads. But, first…

Just to keep in mind these facts, and I am only focusing on a few key ones because this could go on and on and on:

During the Clinton “good economy”, the people in charge — including the president and his Secretary of Labor Robert Reich (who, as is his habit, has remade himself into a new persona that fits with whatever is “hot” at the moment) — promoted so-called “free trade”, starting out with NAFTA, passed in 1993. The global class warfare that so-called “free trade” ignited in the 1990s is, at heart, one of the reasons people struggle today to make a decent living. ..........................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.workinglife.org/2012/12/04/the-false-prophets-from-the-center-elite/