Greeks – even those fiercely opposed to Pasok from the left and right – are resigned to the fact that the country faces years of painful restructuring. The real question at issue is a) under whose control and b) in whose interest?
Those are the questions for Greece. But they apply to us as well. Greece is just farther along the failure trajectory.
Obama, to me, isn’t really a socialist. Well, he is, but that isn’t what drives his decisions. He is a cronyist acting on behalf of his cronies, financial supporters and voters. He is willing to accelerate our failure as long as his team does better than the others.
So, under Obama, and the DemocRATs, failing solar companies, General Electric, unions, public employees, will get larger slices of a shrinking pie.
It makes no economic sense. But economic value isn’t his standard.
November 3rd, 2011 at 11:13 am
What do they call a politician who doesn’t act on behalf of supporters and voters? Jobless. What else does representative politics mean?
November 3rd, 2011 at 11:17 am
You have a warped view of it. I don’t send people their to plunder. I send them there to represent the national interest on my behalf.
Your view only happened once progressives cracked open the public checkbook. Then the plundering began.