Neoliberalism: The Ideology That Dares Not Speak Its Name

[Bob Butler 54]

(01-02-2017, 04:20 PM)TeacherinExile Wrote: Politicians who oppose neoliberalism are better off attacking the linchpins of neoliberalism: privatization, deregulation, tax cuts, free trade and austerity.  And then explain with specific examples how such policies have all too often not worked in their favor despite the appealing rhetoric of (mostly conservative) politicians.  Talk about toll roads that were once free, coastal wetlands ruined by offshore oil spills, tax cuts that amount to peanuts for the average taxpayer but represent huge windfalls for the superrich, or that balancing the budget (austerity), as enticing as that may sound, may mean cutting food stamps, Social Security or Medicare, rather than raising taxes on the wealthy, who can well afford to pay for a threshold social safety net that other developed nations provide almost as a right.  

I'm with you.  I might quibble a bit with the word 'almost'.  

UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25 Wrote:(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All chil- dren, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.