08-23-2017, 09:13 AM
(08-21-2017, 02:33 PM)Mikebert Wrote: I wrote a polemic on Democratic neoliberalism. Please discuss.
https://mikebert.neocities.org/Democrats-doghouse.htm
I agree with your analysis and conclusions, but I'm at a loss about applying them to today. We have no chance of raising taxes, when lowering them seems to be the theme. Rising wages are considered good until they do, then they're suppressed, as you noted. We're locked into a neoliberal model, and I can't see any escape. Even the Great Recession didn't dent the model enough to force new policies, and the Dems don't have any to offer, unless the Sanders-Warren wing of the party takes charge. I don't see that happening unless some external event precipitates the change.
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