We see you Rahm
Given his consistent betrayal of progressive ideal it would be foolish to ascribe benevolent intentions behind Rahm Emanuel’s words on the current economic crisis.
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 8, 2010 (IPS) - As the financial crisis continued to threaten world economies last year, the White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel famously declared: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.”
Naomi has it right.
Milton Friedman, Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2005: Most New Orleans Schools are in ruins, as are the homes of the children who attended them. The children are now scattered all over the country. This is a tragedy. It is also an opportunity to radically reform the educational system.
Arnold C. Harberger:, Letter to a Younger Generation,” Journal of Applied Economics I, no. 1 (1998) 2: Economic Technocrats may be able to structure a ta reform here, aq new social security law there, or a modified exchange rate regime somewhere else. but they never really have the luxury of a clean slate on which to set up, in full flower as it were, their complete preferred economic policy>
Eduardo Galeano, Days and Nights of Love and War, 1983:The Theories of Milton Friedman gave him the Nobel Prize; they gave Chile General Pinochet
Readers of the The Shock Doctrine know that the Heritage Foundation has been one of the leading advocates of exploiting disasters to push through their unpopular pro-corporate policies. From this document, they’re at it again, not even waiting one day to use the devastating earthquake in Haiti to push for their so-called reforms. The following quote was hastily yanked by the Heritage Foundation and replaced with a more diplomatic quote, but their first instinct is revealing:
“In addition to providing immediate humanitarian assistance, the U.S. response to the tragic earthquake in Haiti earthquake offers opportunities to re-shape Haiti’s long-dysfunctional government and economy as well as to improve the public image of the United States in the region.”
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