Luke
23rd February 2011, 13:57
A timely piece from Economic Policy Journal :
Wisconsin in Perspective on the Protest-Revolution Scale
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/02/wisconsin-in-perspective-on-protest.html
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appeared on FOX News Sunday and told host Chris Wallace that he did not want to see any public employees lose jobs. Say what?
Yup, he wants to break the back of public unions, which will result in some loss of power by public employees in negotiations, but this should not be viewed as some kind of brave battle to cut the size of government by any significant degree.
The world is exploding with protests, riots and in some cases revolutions. Behind this disruption of the status quo is the reaction against government attempts to force people against the natural order. In Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and the like, it is pure revolt against totalitarian control. In Greece, Ireland and Wisconsin it is protests against the fact that governments can't do the impossible, i.e. pay out more plunder than they take in (in one form or another). In Greece, Ireland and Wisconsin, the protesters clearly want the impossible. They want the plunder that isn't there.
Plunder that isn't there, indeed.
There are few things people have precisely the wrong picture of.
The true works of economic system is sure candidate.
Especially seeing willingness seen, when plain old school Ponzi schemes are proposed in this forum.
Wisconsin in Perspective on the Protest-Revolution Scale
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/02/wisconsin-in-perspective-on-protest.html
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appeared on FOX News Sunday and told host Chris Wallace that he did not want to see any public employees lose jobs. Say what?
Yup, he wants to break the back of public unions, which will result in some loss of power by public employees in negotiations, but this should not be viewed as some kind of brave battle to cut the size of government by any significant degree.
The world is exploding with protests, riots and in some cases revolutions. Behind this disruption of the status quo is the reaction against government attempts to force people against the natural order. In Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and the like, it is pure revolt against totalitarian control. In Greece, Ireland and Wisconsin it is protests against the fact that governments can't do the impossible, i.e. pay out more plunder than they take in (in one form or another). In Greece, Ireland and Wisconsin, the protesters clearly want the impossible. They want the plunder that isn't there.
Plunder that isn't there, indeed.
There are few things people have precisely the wrong picture of.
The true works of economic system is sure candidate.
Especially seeing willingness seen, when plain old school Ponzi schemes are proposed in this forum.